diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a37f605..04844cd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+tinc (1.1~pre7-2) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  [ Gian Piero Carrubba ]
+  * Init script fails to pass extra arguments to tincd. Closes: #704701
+    + Remove the '--' as it is passed unaltered to tincd, preventing it to read
+      trailing parameters.
+    + Pass extra arguments also when restarting the daemon.
+  * Set process limits when started by ifupdown. Closes: #704702
+
+  [ Guus Sliepen ]
+  * Check whether the tincd process is still running in the if-post-down script.
+    Closes: #704708
+
+ -- Guus Sliepen <guus@debian.org>  Wed, 01 May 2013 10:41:31 +0200
+
 tinc (1.1~pre7-1) experimental; urgency=high
 
   * New upstream release.
@@ -13,7 +28,7 @@ tinc (1.1~pre6-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
 tinc (1.1~pre4-1) experimental; urgency=low
 
-  [ Gian Piero ]
+  [ Gian Piero Carrubba ]
   * Allow resource limits to be set in /etc/default/tinc. Closes: #690685
 
   [ Guus Sliepen ]
diff --git a/debian/tinc.if-post-down b/debian/tinc.if-post-down
index ed1a22f..3c677ca 100755
--- a/debian/tinc.if-post-down
+++ b/debian/tinc.if-post-down
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ if [ "$IF_TINC_NET" ] ; then
 	tinc -n "$IF_TINC_NET" stop
 	sleep 0.1
 	i=0;
-	while [ -f "/var/run/tinc.$IF_TINC_NET.pid" ] ; do
+	while read pid rest < /var/run/tinc.$IF_TINC_NET.pid ; do
+		if [ ! -e "/proc/$pid" ] ; then
+			exit 0
+		fi
+		
 		if [ $i = '30' ] ; then
 			echo 'Failed to stop tinc daemon!'
 			exit 1
diff --git a/debian/tinc.if-pre-up b/debian/tinc.if-pre-up
index e0e5a45..6ae85bc 100755
--- a/debian/tinc.if-pre-up
+++ b/debian/tinc.if-pre-up
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ set -e
 
 . /etc/default/tinc
 
+# Set process limits
+
+setlimits() {
+  while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    parm=$1 ; shift
+    if [ -n "$1" -a "${1#-}" = "$1" ]; then
+      value=$1 ; shift
+      ulimit $parm $value
+    else
+      ulimit $parm
+    fi
+  done
+}
+test -n "$LIMITS" && setlimits $LIMITS
+
 # Read options from /etc/network/interfaces
 
 [ -n "$IF_TINC_CONFIG" ]          && EXTRA="$EXTRA -c $IF_TINC_CONFIG"
diff --git a/debian/tinc.init b/debian/tinc.init
index e2091ea..ed354cb 100644
--- a/debian/tinc.init
+++ b/debian/tinc.init
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ foreach_net() {
   egrep '^[ ]*[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+' $NETSFILE | while read net args; do
     echo -n " $net"
     case "$1" in
-      start) $CONTROL -n $net start -- $EXTRA $args ;;
+      start|restart) $CONTROL -n $net $1 $EXTRA $args ;;
       *) $CONTROL -n $net $1 ;;
     esac
   done