In yakkety, a "resolve" service has been added to the hosts line in nsswitch.conf[0]. Removing this service fixes the boot time issue.
[0] http://paste.ubuntu.com/23269859/ is the diff of nsswitch.conf between xenial and yakkety. ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: cloud-init (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Summary changed: - cloud-init seems to take most of yakkety slow boot time + resolve service in nsswitch.conf adds 25 seconds to failed lookups before systemd-resolved is up -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1629797 Title: resolve service in nsswitch.conf adds 25 seconds to failed lookups before systemd-resolved is up To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1629797/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
