diff -r -u sysvinit-2.86/COPYRIGHT sysvinit-2.86.patched/COPYRIGHT
--- sysvinit-2.86/COPYRIGHT	2004-07-30 12:12:12.000000000 +0000
+++ sysvinit-2.86.patched/COPYRIGHT	2008-04-15 14:28:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
 
 On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
diff -r -u sysvinit-2.86/man/killall5.8 sysvinit-2.86.patched/man/killall5.8
--- sysvinit-2.86/man/killall5.8	2004-06-09 12:47:45.000000000 +0000
+++ sysvinit-2.86.patched/man/killall5.8	2008-04-15 14:28:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -4,14 +4,29 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B killall5
 .RB -signalnumber
+.RB [ \-o
+.IR omitpid ]
+.RB [ \-o
+.IR omitpid.. ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B killall5
 is the SystemV killall command. It sends a signal to all processes except
 kernel threads and the processes in its own session, so it won't kill
 the shell that is running the script it was called from. Its primary
 (only) use is in the \fBrc\fP scripts found in the /etc/init.d directory.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP "-o \fIomitpid\fP"
+Tells \fIkillall5\fP to omit processes with that process id.
+.SH NOTES
+\fIkillall5\fP can also be invoked as pidof, which is simply a
+(symbolic) link to the \fIkillall5\fP program.
+.SH EXIT STATUS
+The program return zero if it killed processes.  It return 2 if no
+process were killed, and 1 if it was unable to find any processes
+(/proc/ is missing).
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR halt (8),
-.BR reboot (8)
+.BR reboot (8),
+.BR pidof (8)
 .SH AUTHOR
 Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
diff -r -u sysvinit-2.86/man/pidof.8 sysvinit-2.86.patched/man/pidof.8
--- sysvinit-2.86/man/pidof.8	1998-09-02 12:49:33.000000000 +0000
+++ sysvinit-2.86.patched/man/pidof.8	2008-04-15 14:28:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,13 +27,20 @@
 .IP -x
 Scripts too - this causes the program to also return process id's of
 shells running the named scripts.
-.IP -o \fIomitpid\fP
+.IP "-o \fIomitpid\fP"
 Tells \fIpidof\fP to omit processes with that process id. The special
 pid \fB%PPID\fP can be used to name the parent process of the \fIpidof\fP
 program, in other words the calling shell or shell script.
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.TP
+.B 0
+At least one program was found with the requested name.
+.TP
+.B 1
+No program was found with the requested name.
 .SH NOTES
-\fIpidof\fP is simply a (symbolic) link to the \fIkillall5\fP program,
-which should also be located in \fP/sbin\fP.
+\fIpidof\fP is actually the same program as \fIkillall5\fP;
+the program behaves according to the name under which it is called.
 .PP
 When \fIpidof\fP is invoked with a full pathname to the program it
 should find the pid of, it is reasonably safe. Otherwise it is possible
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@
 .BR shutdown (8),
 .BR init (8),
 .BR halt (8),
-.BR reboot (8)
+.BR reboot (8),
+.BR killall5 (8)
 .SH AUTHOR
 Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
diff -r -u sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c sysvinit-2.86.patched/src/killall5.c
--- sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c	2004-07-30 12:16:23.000000000 +0000
+++ sysvinit-2.86.patched/src/killall5.c	2008-04-15 14:28:52.000000000 +0000
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@
 	int		foundone = 0;
 	int		ok = 0;
 
-	/* Try to stat the executable. */
-	if (prog[0] == '/' && stat(prog, &st) == 0) dostat++;
+	if (! prog)
+		return NULL;
 
 	/* Get basename of program. */
 	if ((s = strrchr(prog, '/')) == NULL)
@@ -387,9 +387,16 @@
 	else
 		s++;
 
+	if (! *s)
+		return NULL;
+
 	q = (PIDQ_HEAD *)xmalloc(sizeof(PIDQ_HEAD));
 	q = init_pid_q(q);
 
+	/* Try to stat the executable. */
+	if (prog[0] == '/' && stat(prog, &st) == 0)
+		dostat++;
+
 	/* First try to find a match based on dev/ino pair. */
 	if (dostat) {
 		for (p = plist; p; p = p->next) {
@@ -404,15 +411,35 @@
 	if (!foundone) for (p = plist; p; p = p->next) {
 		ok = 0;
 
-		/* Compare name (both basename and full path) */
-		ok += (p->argv0 && strcmp(p->argv0, prog) == 0);
-		ok += (p->argv0 && strcmp(p->argv0base, s) == 0);
+		/*             matching        nonmatching
+		 * proc name   prog name       prog name
+		 * ---         -----------     ------------
+		 *   b         b, p/b, q/b
+		 * p/b         b, p/b          q/b
+		 *
+		 * Algorithm: Match if:
+		 *    cmd = arg
+		 * or cmd = base(arg)
+		 * or base(cmd) = arg
+		 *
+		 * Specifically, do not match just because base(cmd) = base(arg)
+		 * as was done in earlier versions of this program, since this
+		 * allows /aaa/foo to match /bbb/foo .
+		 */
+		ok |=
+			(p->argv0 && strcmp(p->argv0, prog) == 0)
+			|| (p->argv0 && s != prog && strcmp(p->argv0, s) == 0)
+			|| (p->argv0base && strcmp(p->argv0base, prog) == 0);
 
 		/* For scripts, compare argv[1] as well. */
-		if (scripts_too && p->argv1 &&
-		    !strncmp(p->statname, p->argv1base, STATNAMELEN)) {
-			ok += (strcmp(p->argv1, prog) == 0);
-			ok += (strcmp(p->argv1base, s) == 0);
+		if (
+			scripts_too && p->statname && p->argv1base
+			&& !strncmp(p->statname, p->argv1base, STATNAMELEN)
+		) {
+			ok |=
+				(p->argv1 && strcmp(p->argv1, prog) == 0)
+				|| (p->argv1 && s != prog && strcmp(p->argv1, s) == 0)
+				|| (p->argv1base && strcmp(p->argv1base, prog) == 0);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -423,7 +450,7 @@
 		    (p->argv0 == NULL ||
 		     p->argv0[0] == 0 ||
 		     strchr(p->argv0, ' '))) {
-			ok += (strcmp(p->statname, s) == 0);
+			ok |= (strcmp(p->statname, s) == 0);
 		}
 		if (ok) add_pid_to_q(q, p);
 	}
@@ -548,20 +575,28 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	printf("\n");
+	if (!first)
+		printf("\n");
 	closelog();
 	return(first ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 
 
+#define KILLALL_OMITSZ	16
+
 /* Main for either killall or pidof. */
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	PROC		*p;
 	int		pid, sid = -1;
+	pid_t		opid[KILLALL_OMITSZ];
+	int		i, oind, omit = 0;
 	int		sig = SIGKILL;
 
+	/* return non-zero if no process was killed */
+	int		retval = 2;
+
 	/* Get program name. */
 	if ((progname = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) == NULL)
 		progname = argv[0];
@@ -576,10 +611,34 @@
 		return main_pidof(argc, argv);
 
 	/* Right, so we are "killall". */
+	for (oind = KILLALL_OMITSZ-1; oind > 0; oind--)
+		opid[oind] = 0;
+
 	if (argc > 1) {
-		if (argc != 2) usage();
-		if (argv[1][0] == '-') (argv[1])++;
-		if ((sig = atoi(argv[1])) <= 0 || sig > 31) usage();
+		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+			if (argv[i][0] == '-') (argv[i])++;
+			if (argv[i][0] == 'o') {
+				if (++i >= argc) usage();
+				if (oind >= KILLALL_OMITSZ -1) {
+					nsyslog(LOG_ERR,"omit pid buffer size "
+						"%d exceeded!\n",
+						KILLALL_OMITSZ);
+					closelog();
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				if ((opid[oind] = atoi(argv[i])) < 1) {
+					nsyslog(LOG_ERR,
+						"illegal omit pid value "
+						"(%s)!\n", argv[i]);
+					closelog();
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				oind++;
+				omit = 1;
+			}
+			else if ((sig = atoi(argv[1])) <= 0 || sig > 31)
+				usage();
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* First get the /proc filesystem online. */
@@ -602,15 +661,26 @@
 	/* Read /proc filesystem */
 	if (readproc() < 0) {
 		kill(-1, SIGCONT);
-		exit(1);
+		return(1);
 	}
 
-	/* Now kill all processes except our session. */
+	/* Now kill all processes except init (pid 1) and our session. */
 	sid = (int)getsid(0);
 	pid = (int)getpid();
-	for (p = plist; p; p = p->next)
-		if (p->pid != pid && p->sid != sid && !p->kernel)
-			kill(p->pid, sig);
+	for (p = plist; p; p = p->next) {
+		if (p->pid == 1 || p->pid == pid || p->sid == sid || p->kernel)
+			continue;
+		if (omit) {
+			for (i = 0; i < oind; i++)
+				if (opid[i] == p->pid)
+					break;
+			/* On a match, continue with the for loop above. */
+			if (i < oind)
+				continue;
+		}
+		kill(p->pid, sig);
+		retval = 0;
+	}
 
 	/* And let them continue. */
 	kill(-1, SIGCONT);
@@ -618,5 +688,8 @@
 	/* Done. */
 	closelog();
 
-	return 0;
+	/* Force the kernel to run the scheduler */
+	usleep(1);
+
+	return retval;
 }