Determine status of events in complex job start condition

[Suvir Bhargav]

> start on ((filesystem
>             and runlevel [!06]
>             and started dbus
>             and plymouth-ready
>             and maths-onboot-done)
>            or runlevel PREVLEVEL=S)
>

wow. that was the most complex upstart and condition i have seen. The
upstart cookbook suggest to keep start conditions simple.
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#final-words-of-advice


> so that lightdm is only started after our local onboot procedure has
> finished.  Sometimes this works, but sometimes it doesn't and I'd like to
> work out why.  initctl status lightdm just says lightdm stop/waiting, and
> there appears to be no way to ask `what events has the lightdm start
> condition already received'.
>
> How long do jobs hang on to events that are in `and' clauses like this?
> Is there any timeframe within which all the events have to be received?
>

There is no timeframe mentioned in cookbook but this might be helpful:
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#restarting-jobs-with-complex-conditions

Suvir

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