statd is "start on (started portmap or mount TYPE=nfs)" portmap is "start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=lo)"
and the statd job tries to start portmap if it's not already running. So the only possible race conditions I see here are if - mount TYPE=nfs is emitted before all the local filesystems are mounted - mount TYPE=nfs is emitted before lo is configured, and this causes portmap to fail - /var is on a network filesystem *other* than NFS (if it's on NFS, then this can't really be solved, you just get a deadlock if you try) Can you post your fstab, so I can better understand which of these cases applies? (I'm not sure it's fixable anyway with current upstart, but at least we'll know what we're dealing with) ** Changed in: nfs-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- mountall for /var races with rpc.statd https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/525154 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs