Hmm. The "2 3 4 5" change doesn't seem to be enough to break the dependency cycle.
I played a bit to see what could break the cycle but I couldn't find it. By completely removing /etc/init.d/nbd-client, all is fine. By putting *just* this minimal header: # Required-Start: $network ...and removing all the other ones, I'm still getting > nbd-client.service: Job nbd-client.service/start deleted > to break ordering cycle starting with basic.target/start. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1487679 Title: Breaking ordering cycle by deleting job nbd-client.service/start To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nbd/+bug/1487679/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs