Package: ntpdate Version: 1:4.2.0a-1 Severity: wishlist To be able to check boot script order, and also to be able to start boot scripts in parallel, it is important to know the dependencies of the various boot scripts. The Linux Software Base specifies a init.d header file format useful for this purpose, and adding such header to the init.d scripts would make it possible for me to use this information to check the current sequence and speed up the debian boot.
<URL:http://refspecs.freestandards.org/LSB_2.1.0/LSB-generic/LSB-generic/initscrcomconv.html> documents the LSB header format. Some debian notes are available from <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/?LSBInitScripts>. Here is a proposed dependency header to document the dependencies of ntpdate and ntp-server. It is slightly tested using the insserv package and the new parallell booting support in sysvinit. ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: ntpdate # Required-Start: $remote_fs $network hwclock # Required-Stop: $remote_fs $network hwclock # Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: ntp-server # Required-Start: $network ntpdate # Required-Stop: $network ntpdate # Default-Start: S 1 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 6 ### END INIT INFO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
