<li>Quick overview of the SysV init boot system
<li>The problem with ordering
<li>Using LSB init.d script dependencies to solve it.
-<li>Status of dependency based boot sequencing in Debian.
+<li>Status of dependency based boot sequencing.
<li>How to write LSB headers.
-<li>What is left to do in Debian.
+<li>What is left to do.
</ul>
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-<h2>Virtual facilities</h2>
+<h2>Virtual facilities (I)</h2>
<p>Linux Software Base version 3.2 defines these virtual
facilities:</p>
file systems such as /usr may be remote. Many applications that
require $local_fs will probably also require $remote_fs. (In Debian,
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+<h2>Virtual facilities (II)</h2>
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<dt>$time
<dd>the system time has been set, for example by using a network-based
<img alt="LSB header progress graph" src="lsb-header-progress.png" width="50%" align="right">
<p>Release goal for Debian Lenny.
-
-<p>Packages with LSB headers (in Sid): 662 of 866 (76%)
-<br>Unsolved BTS reports: around 85
-<br>Packages without BTS reports: around 150
+<br>76% of packages got LSB headers
+<br>Unsolved in BTS: ~85
+<br>Without BTS reports: ~150
<br>Last package will be fixed 2008-06-13 at the current rate.
-
-<p>Needs better documentation
-
-<p>Should update Debian policy to reflect dependency based boot
+<br>Needs better documentation for maintainers.
+<br>Should update Debian policy to reflect dependency based boot
sequencing.
<p>Two insserv bugs left to fix:
<h2>Tracking status</h2>
<p>The current status is tracked in the svn repository for insserv. Run
-<br><tt>debian/rules missing-overrides</tt> or
-<br><tt>debian/rules missing-by-popcon</tt>
+<br><tt><a href="status-overrides.txt">debian/rules missing-overrides</a></tt> or
+<br><tt><a href="status-popcon.txt">debian/rules missing-by-popcon</a></tt>
<br>in the source directory to see the current status.
<p>See also wiki pages with documentation and status: