Re: RFC: allow output from maintainer scripts

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

    Joey> I take your earlier point about a daemon maybe hanging as it
    Joey> restarts, and perhaps a emacs byte-compile can hang
    Joey> too. Heck, *anything* could conceivably hang. If that
    Joey> happens though, there are tools like top and ps and strace
    Joey> that are available to see if it has hung and help track down
    Joey> what is hanging and why.

Would it be possible (practical?) to print a message, only if
it takes to long to start?

eg:

execute-or-print-message --timeout 60seconds --message "Trying to start package..." --command /etc/init.d/package start

so, if for instance a daemon has a history of hanging, something can
be done to make it easier to debug?
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>