Note that the 'nginx' package has the same issue, not just postfix, and possibly other packages; really it's any package that has "required-start: $named" in its init script.
(I dislike the rationale for that to begin with -- it should be enough to "require-start: $network" and merely "should-start $named", because $network [presumably] implies a working resolver -- but that's another issue.) The following shows what may be wrong: $ grep -sr \$named /etc/insserv* /etc/insserv.conf:$named +named +dnsmasq +lwresd +bind9 +unbound $network /etc/insserv.conf.d/dnsmasq:$named dnsmasq I was able to fix it with: $ sudo sed -i s,dnsmasq,+dnsmasq, /etc/insserv.conf.d/dnsmasq The bug is perhaps that dnsmasq forces itself as hard-required for $named. And actually, the soft requirement is already in /etc/insserv.conf itself (see above first line) so really the file could just be removed. I don't know if this is the proper fix, but it works for me. (Note that this seems to apply to #703805 as well, looks like it's the same bug.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org