It did work, but this was never documented as one of the supported variables in /etc/default/nfs-common and there is no other reason for /etc/init/gssd.conf to source /etc/default/nfs-common. You should make your changes to /etc/init/gssd.conf directly instead, or in Ubuntu 12.04 and above, use an override file to replace the exec line.
It did work, but this was never documented as one of the supported variables in /etc/default/ nfs-common and there is no other reason for /etc/init/gssd.conf to source /etc/default/ nfs-common. You should make your changes to /etc/init/gssd.conf directly instead, or in Ubuntu 12.04 and above, use an override file to replace the exec line.