Dear Roger, when I reported this problem I was using upstart instead of the sysvinit package. Meanwhile, I have changed back to sysvinit (using debian only on laptops with few services) and dismissed upstart. Now the boot problems with a hanging startpar are gone. I recommend to close this bug. Anyhow, it may have been attributed to the upstart package, I reckon.
Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org