From ba6a250fef20672da9fdf8a0af94b326b69e3098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viktor Klang <viktor.klang@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:39:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Making sure that RemoteActorRef.start cannot revive a
 RemoteActorRefs current status

---
 akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
index a55feb80b1..42838bd452 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala
@@ -988,7 +988,8 @@ private[akka] case class RemoteActorRef private[akka] (
   }
 
   def start(): this.type = synchronized[this.type] {
-    _status = ActorRefInternals.RUNNING
+    if (_status == ActorRefInternals.UNSTARTED)
+      _status = ActorRefInternals.RUNNING
     this
   }