How is this a matter for the upstart package? It's the cron package that ships both the upstart job and the /etc/default/cron file; there's nothing upstart can do here to fix how /etc/init/cron.conf is written.
** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) => cron (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700409 Title: Upstart does not pass cmd line args to cron -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs