>Looks like ntpdate was waiting on net connections to finish
setting the clock.
>Either we should make it fork, or we should allow multiple initscripts
>to start at once (I thought the latter was being looked into?).
It can't fork -- some later init scripts may require precise
synchronization (e.g. kerberos-related services). If you want to run
time sync, you'll have to wait for it to finish.
I trust the hardware clock enough that there should be an option
not to wait for ntpdate. The machine boots within a few hours
(usually, mere minutes) of controlled shutdown. Plus, I'm willing
to tolerate a slop of 2 or 3 seconds for the first half a minute,
in order to save 15 seconds of time at bootup.
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