% cd /System/Library/StartupItemsThe OrderPreference flag controls the startup order. I've seen three entries so far: "Early", "Late", and "Last". Brickhouse uses "Last" by default. Bind appears to kick in late and npt early by default.
% cd Cleanup
% cat StartupParameters.plist
{
Description = "system cleanup";
Provides = ("Cleanup");
OrderPreference = "Early";
Messages =
{
start = "Cleaning up";
stop = "Cleaning up";
};
}
I wanted to switch these because npt was asking for a DNS resolution before Bind was up and running.

