An alternative patch for this is in #548621, where a change to the init.d script header is proposed to allow the script to be inserted also when udev isn't installed.
If it is important to run pcmcia before the network is set up, a patch like this can be used, adding X-Start-Before to specify that ordering. diff -ur pcmciautils-014/debian/init pcmciautils-014-pere/debian/init --- pcmciautils-014/debian/init 2009-12-23 21:00:46.000000000 +0100 +++ pcmciautils-014-pere/debian/init 2009-12-23 21:10:06.000000000 +0100 @@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ # ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: pcmcia -# Required-Start: udev +# Required-Start: $local_fs # Required-Stop: +# Should-Start: udev +# X-Start-Before: networking # Default-Start: S # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: PCMCIA support Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org