Sorry, we are not going to implement an upstart parser into systemd, and there is not even an 1-to-1 correspondence between upstart jobs and systemd units. So this can only ever be a heuristics, and "working in some cases" is worse (because not predictable) than "upstart overrides don't affect systemd units".
The "right way" to disable something in an init system agnostic way is "update-rc.d myservice disable". This will disable sysv init scripts, upstart jobs, and systemd units. But it's not realistic to expect that upstart and systemd can read each other's configuration files, sorry.. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1542025 Title: Transition from upstart to systemd should honor /etc/init/*.override Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: While upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04, I noticed that all of my previously disabled services got started again. I disabled them by putting "manual" in e.g. /etc/init/isc-dhcp- server.conf - which is the "right" way I think. Luckily, there was no harm in my case, but this can put many people in risk by e.g. letting starting server services which are then accessible outside or even disrupt networks (like dhcp-servers). So in my oppinion the transition to systemd should honor "manual" flags in .override files - or at least warn if there are .override files. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1542025/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp