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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456125


           Summary: ntp blocks the boot process very long if it cannot
                    connect to the server
           Product: openSUSE 11.0
           Version: Final
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Basesystem
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: dieter.jurzitza@xxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


When starting ntp at boot and your internet connection is good, everything
works smoothly. 
However, if you have issues with connecting to internet the boot process is
stopped at the point when ntp tries to attach to it's server.
This is a bad behaviour and should be changed. I fixed this by adding $ALL into
"RequiredStart:" (well, and finding out that insserv before 11.1 is buggy, too,
not being capable of handling the "$ALL" entry correctly .... but that's a
different story).
Nevertheless, IMHO it is not a good idea to allow ntp to keep your system from
further booting, it should background itself rather than making you think your
system is frozen ....
If this cannot be modified easily, just put a $ALL into "RequiredSTart:", but
watchout, this works only with a recent insserv from factory!
Thank you for looking into this,
take care



Dieter Jurzitza


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