Assigning bugs to upstart

Matt Zimmerman mdz at ubuntu.com
Sat Oct 24 11:28:26 BST 2009


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 03:09:04PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> Please don't use the "upstart" source package as a dumping ground for
> boot-related bugs, or as a shortcut to subscribing me to a bug.
> 
> Just like in the old sysvinit, packages ship their own upstart
> configurations in /etc/init.  If a service is failing to start, it is
> most likely a bug in that service's configuration file not in the init
> daemon itself.
> 
> So, if a particular service is failing to start, add a bug task for the
> package the service comes in.  If you're not sure which that is, use
> "dpkg -S" just as you would to figure out which package owns an init
> script.
> 
> Here's a couple of common ones:
> 
>  - device listed in /etc/fstab not mounting => mountall
>    (this can prevent other services from starting)
> 
>  - network card not being brought up => ifupdown OR network-manager
> 
>  - GDM not starting => gdm
> 
> etc.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to document this at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage ?

-- 
 - mdz



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