On 26-05-13 15:11, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Samstag, 25. Mai 2013, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> For example: after some intense studying, I now fully understand why >> declaring a new upstart job C that depends on existing jobs A and B >> ("start on job-a-did-its-thing AND job-b-did-its-thing") may prevent the >> start of job A (cf >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/964207). However, I >> still consider it confusing and at least questionable design that adding a >> new job can prevent an existing job from starting even though they do not >> conflict in any way. > > WHAT?!? if that's true then I for sure know what I won't let near my systems! > That's rather horrible. Thanks for the info!
Reading the bug, what Nikolaus fails to mention is that the way the event handling happens, this really becomes a _circular_ dependency unless the --no-wait option is specified (IIUC) -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51a28946.9090...@debian.org