Ok, I've investigated this, and it turns out: statd-mounting.conf intercepts nfs mounts and waits for the statd daemon to be run statd.conf starts on (virtual-filesystems and started portmap ON_BOOT=y) rpcbind.conf is what emits the started portmap event:
# For compatibility with older upstart jobs in Ubuntu post-start exec initctl emit --no-wait started JOB=portmap ON_BOOT=$ON_BOOT pre-stop exec initctl emit --no-wait stopping JOB=portmap But, to actually work with upstart in 14.10, the INSTANCE variable has to be added, like so: # For compatibility with older upstart jobs in Ubuntu post-start exec initctl emit --no-wait started JOB=portmap INSTANCE='' ON_BOOT=$ON_BOOT pre-stop exec initctl emit --no-wait stopping JOB=portmap INSTANCE='' ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1384502 fstab entry for nfs /home fails to mount on boot ** Package changed: mountall (Ubuntu) => upstart (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: nfs-utils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: nfs-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mountall in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1391296 Title: 14.10: NFS drives in fstab not mounted automatically Status in “nfs-utils” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After upgrading to 14.10 (fresh install) my NFS drive does no longer mounts automatically at boot when the network is up and running. Manually running mount -a mounts the drive as expected and hacking a mount -a command into mountall-net.conf makes my system function normally again. Trying to manually to killall -USR1 mountall does not work. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: mountall 2.54build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-24.32-generic 3.16.4 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-24-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Nov 10 20:37:39 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-09 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-24-generic root=UUID=e1197618-b55d-40d3-9b81-df2dcb847c1f ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: mountall UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.init.mountall.net.conf: 2014-11-10T20:26:00.795161 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1391296/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp