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NiLuJe · 11-21-2014, 11:58 AM

@eschwartz: way too fragile and complex for a script spawned by a critical upstart job running so early

. Plus, it's not backgrounded, so we're effectively blocking part of the boot process (and the tools needed for a script to bg itself aren't shipped on the Kindle), so i'm not even sure it'd be technically feasible.

11-21-2014, 11:58 AM	#92
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@eschwartz: way too fragile and complex for a script spawned by a critical upstart job running so early . Plus, it's not backgrounded, so we're effectively blocking part of the boot process (and the tools needed for a script to bg itself aren't shipped on the Kindle), so i'm not even sure it'd be technically feasible.