[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#678260: startpar has a timeout value that lets boot messages get mixed

[Em DeEm]

Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.88dsf-41
Followup-For: Bug #678260
Tags: patch

Hi,

I also see mixed boot messages with startpar, especially on slow
embedded computers or on virtual machines. It seems that startpar
tries to print the messages of the last active process immediately. On
slow system, there is sometimes only one active process, which
startpar incorrectly considers as the last process overall. The
attached patch adds a better condition for this.

The patch solves the issue on my computer. Startpar is a fairly complex
program, hopefully the patch doesn't break other parts of it.

Cheers,
Em

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages sysvinit-utils depends on:
ii  libc6        2.13-38
ii  libselinux1  2.1.9-5

sysvinit-utils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages sysvinit-utils suggests:
ii  bootlogd  2.88dsf-41
pn  sash      <none>

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