--- perfcountd.init.old	2008-12-29 11:04:47.184052865 +0100
+++ perfcountd.init	2008-12-29 11:05:23.726435814 +0100
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 status)
 	pid=`ps aux | grep perfcount | egrep -v '(grep|perfcountd)' | awk '{print $2}'`
-	if [ "$pid" == "" ]; then
+	if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
 		echo "Dead!"
 		exit 2;
 	fi