The current init script displays errors at shutdown, because the first "kill" may be trying to operate on a non-existent ${JPIDFILE}. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Created attachment 74619 [details, diff] /etc/init.d/jabber Enclosed is a patch for the init script, to fix the bug.
Fixed in jabberd-1.4.4-r3. It is currently masked for further testing. Reports about whenever it works, or no should go to bug #149358