upstart has been made Essential, this should correct the problem -- if not, this becomes a bug in synaptic as there's no reason for it to try and install sysvinit again.
** Changed in: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Sysvinit "wants" to install and replace upstart https://launchpad.net/bugs/59039 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs