Hello again, Martin Pitt [2016-04-21 17:05 +0200]: > Michael Biebl [2016-04-21 16:43 +0200]: > > The old /etc/init.d/rc.local has > > # Required-Start: $all > > > > Our compat rc-local.service is imho started too early during boot. > > Maybe it would be better if we changed that to Type=idle for better > > compatibility with the old insserv/LSB based boot? > > That's a brilliant idea! I wasn't aware of Type=idle until now.
On second thought, this might actually cause regressions: - There's a bunch of services which run after rc-local.service, such as console-shell.service, *[email protected], and plymouth-quit-wait.service. This sounds like a potential dependency loop? - Type=idle is similar to Type=simple, i. e. if /etc/rc.local starts long-running stuff in the foreground this is currently not blocking as we use Type=forking. With Type=idle, the unit would be "starting" indefinitely, and services that wait for it would never start (see above). Martin -- Martin Pitt | http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian Developer (www.debian.org)
