[Bug 427356] Re: Boot Performance Updates

[Steve Langasek]

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 03:02:23PM -0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> I'm ready to upload them today, so they'll be before alpha 6.  The tasks
> are a single set though, so they have to go in together or not at all.

Ok, please go ahead.

> > - There are a number of packages not on this list which have init scripts whose lsb headers reference packages that are being converted, e.g.:
> >   /etc/init.d/libvirt-bin:# Should-Start:      hal avahi
> >   /etc/init.d/saned:# Should-Start:      dbus avahi
> >   /etc/init.d/bluetooth:# Required-Start:    $local_fs $syslog $remote_fs dbus
> >   /etc/init.d/landscape-client:# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs hal dbus
> >   /etc/init.d/dns-clean:# Required-Start:    $local_fs gdm
> >   /etc/init.d/pppd-dns:# Required-Start:    $local_fs gdm
> >   /etc/init.d/pulseaudio:# Should-Start:      udev NetworkManager
> >  + countless instances of 'syslog'

> > how are these handled?  Are all the native upstart jobs guaranteed to be
> > processed first before running rc?

> We don't use the LSB headers, so they don't matter.

If the LSB headers are accurate declarations of these services'
dependencies, and we fail to reliably honor those dependencies, then it
matters.

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