Ok. I don't have any further theories at the moment as to what might be causing this. Setting the bug back to 'new' for now.
** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1230056 Title: initctl -> ifdown waiting for 10 seconds before finishing in /etc/init/networking.conf during shutdown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ifupdown/+bug/1230056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs