Hello, On Mon, 05 May 2014 03:54:24 +0100 Zebedee <electro1400cweld-sca...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I am currently using this patch I wrote myself which apparently cures > the delays, I have been using it for a month or so now. I wrote > something similar in Debian 6 but this init script has been rewritten > in 7, but still does not fix that issue. The dhclient boothang bug > has been about for a few years now. It is a timing issue that may or > may not appear on different systems and software configurations, and > does not appear on every boot because of the random order boot > scripts are run. You just need to run ifup in the background (&) and > redirect stdout and stderr (>/dev/null 2>&1) to /dev/null. The extra > brackets are needed to avoid syntax errors. The patch below shows the > changes I made. If there was some reason you did not wish to make > this change then it should serve as a helpful reference for others > affected by this problem. As boots can be delayed for a minute when > no internet connection is found it is inconvenient. Best wishes and > happy coding! I'm sorry to say this, but this patch is wrong, as it breaks any dependencies services have against networking. Other services can't proceed until network is up, so when you run ifup in background you're telling them it is, but in reality isn't. So no, this won't work. -- Cheers, Andrew
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