With the upload of insserv version 1.08.0-4, it is fairly easy to test a dependency based sysv boot system in Debian. It should for the moment only be used on scratch machines, as it is not well tested, and depend on accurate dependency information in the init.d scripts. The latter is obviously missing. To compensate, several override files are included in insserv for the packages missing dependency information, but I am confident there are still bugs in these.
Anyway, to enable dependency based boot sequence ordering, run this as root: aptitude install insserv BAD_INSSERV_HACKER=true dpkg-reconfigure insserv I've protected the enabling code with the BAD_INSSER_HACKER flag to make sure no-one enables it by mistake while it is still experimental. There is no turning back when this is enabled, unless it is undone before any packages are upgraded or installed. If you answer yes to enable the dependency based boot system, insserv will look for dependency loops, and if it find noe, the system will be enabled. The symlinks in /etc/rc*.d/ will be reordered based on the available dependency information, and update-rc.d will be replaced to a version which inserts init.d script symlinks using the dependency information. Please help me get the dependency information into the scripts missing it. Information on the format is available from <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen _______________________________________________ initscripts-ng-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/initscripts-ng-devel
