On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Russell Warren <r...@perspexis.com> wrote: >> Ow. Uninstalling the running init is likely to cause problems. If >> possible, install upstart and sysvinit alongside each other... No, wait. >> upstart conflicts with sysvinit. >> >> I would suggest that, unless you meant to switch inits, you re-install >> upstart (which will remove sysvinit again). >> >> If you ARE trying to switch inits, you may be on your own :/ > > > I am definitely NOT trying to switch inits! I'm not sure why this happened. > I simply ran an `apt-get dist-upgrade` per the log I posted > (https://dpaste.de/iVgQo/raw/) and it did it. > > I don't know what triggered it... all I can say is that, prior to this, my > normal upgrades have been done with `aptitude upgrade`. The only reason I > did the extra dist-upgrade is that apticron was telling me about those > updates, they didn't happen with `aptitude upgrade`, so I bumped up to the > `apt-get dist-upgrade`. > > I've since found this bug report, so I'm apparently not alone (and I also > happen to be running under openvz... hmm): > https://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2647 > > I've tried re-installing upstart (ugh... "Yes, do as I say!"): > http://paste.debian.net/plain/21059 > > We'll see how that goes. I'm ensuring I've got full backups in place before > trying a reboot. >
Just for future reference. reinstalling upstart worked fine :> greets! aL -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CALkubT7ArAG9eSaOsap+Bn2YToNLxMs5MF=ghpbzdi9jfa0...@mail.gmail.com
