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Debugging the execution order of Upstart jobs

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I'd like to be able to debug the execution order of the jobs started by Upstart (ideally without injecting dumping code into every job file). How can I do this?

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answered 3 Years ago cisccla · Accepted Answer

Boot your system adding '--debug' to the grub command line, and once the system has booted, look at your system log file (for example '/var/log/syslog' on modern versions of Ubuntu). This will give you information on events emitted and jobs changing state. Here's an example of the format:

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#if-job-is-not-currently-running