initscripts and how many patches to carry

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 11:17:46AM +1000, Carey O'Shea wrote:
> I've wondered about this, also about ntpd. It seems silly to me for the 
> entire bootup process to halt because there is a lack of network or 
> internet connectivity. I fixed this myself by editing initscripts and 
> making them launch in the background (&).
> 
> PS: I hope my words are not 'noise' for ubuntu-devel.

Yes, this has been discussed. Some of the results are recorded here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DependencyInit

and here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UdevRaces

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 - mdz