I too am experiencing this bug. I only noticed it because loopback would not come up at boot due to unable to access /var/run/network/ifstate thus not allowing me to log in through GDM. I had to move /etc/rcS.d/S08loopback to /etc/rcS.d/S39 loopback as quick fix.
Secondly I am getting mounting errors for /var itself due to /var/run and likely /var/lock (have to reboot inorder to double check). I tried moving the order of a few scripts in /etc/rcS.d but it didn't help. I would not like to have to do this manually especially if an updated package(s) is just going to set the order back to default. -- missing /var/run in root partition fails many services https://launchpad.net/bugs/51452 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
