I have tested both and found no apparent race condition. Since I'm the second one, I will flag this as verification-done. Paul, the nfs.blkmap is not in even in the same systemd unit files we are working on.
nfs.blkmap is declared for me in: nfs-blkmap.service:Requisite=nfs-blkmap.target nfs-blkmap.service:After=nfs-blkmap.target nfs-blkmap.service:PIDFile=/var/run/blkmapd.pid nfs-blkmap.service:ExecStart=/usr/sbin/blkmapd $BLKMAPDARGS nfs-blkmap.target:Description= PNFS blkmaping enablement. nfs-blkmap.target:# If this target is enabled, then blkmapd will be started nfs-client.target:Wants=nfs-blkmap.service nfs-client.target:After=nfs-blkmap.service being responsible for blkmapd daemon (for pNFS). blkmapd can be (re)started through nfs-utils.service if blkmapd.target is enabled. It can also be started by nfs-client.target, if blkmapd.target is enabled. [ 3.131507] systemd[1]: nfs-blkmap.service: Job nfs-blkmap.service/start failed with result 'dependency'. This looks like a leftover from some other tasks/cmds you made. If you think its needed, this should be handled in another bug (specially because its unrelated to the race itself AND this bug is already in verification phase). I'm marking this as verification done. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1590799 Title: nfs-kernel-server does not start because of dependency failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1590799/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs