These days, the init.d script dependencies in Squeeze are quite +complete, so complete that it is actually possible to run all the +init.d scripts in parallell based on these dependencies. If you want +to test your Squeeze system, make sure +dependency +based boot sequencing is enabled, and add this line to +/etc/default/rcS:
+ ++ ++CONCURRENCY=makefile +
That is it. It will cause sysv-rc to use the startpar tool to run +scripts in parallel using the dependency information stored in +/etc/init.d/.depend.boot, /etc/init.d/.depend.start and +/etc/init.d/.depend.stop to order the scripts. Startpar is configured +to try to start the kdm and gdm scripts as early as possible, and will +start the facilities required by kdm or gdm as early as possible to +make this happen.
+ +Give it a try, and see if you like the result. If some services +fail to start properly, it is most likely because they have incomplete +init.d script dependencies in their startup script (or some of their +dependent scripts have incomplete dependencies). Report bugs and get +the package maintainers to fix it. :)
+ +Running scripts in parallel could be the default in Debian when we +manage to get the init.d script dependencies complete and correct. I +expect we will get there in Squeeze+1, if we get manage to test and +fix the remaining issues.
+ +If you report any problems with dependencies in init.d scripts to +the BTS, please usertag the report to get it to show up at +the +list of usertagged bugs related to this.
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