[Bug 1422681] Re: split out upstart-sysv

[Scott Moser]

just copying description from my duplicate bug as i think its probably /
possibly useful

As seen in the failed systemd adt test at [1], installing 'upstart-bin'
and then booting a system with 'init=/sbin/upstart' does not result in a
fully functional system. The problem is that there are many upstart jobs
provided by 'upstart' package that are essential to Ubuntu system boot.

To recreate the problem, just launch a cloud-instance, or fresh install with systemd, then:
  sudo apt-get install upstart-bin
  set /etc/default/grub up appropriately and run 'update-grub' (adding 'init=/sbin/upstart to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT). Alternatively, you can just edit /bo
ot/grub/grub.cfg directly.
  reboot

System will not completely come up.

Installation of 'upstart' package *does* provide working boot, but
conflicts and forces uninstallation of systemd-sysv, which is not
desireable.

For reference, there is discussion in ubuntu-release between infinity,
didrocks, smoser and cjwatson on 2015-03-18 [2] and 2015-03-19 [3].

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[1] https://jenkins.qa.ubuntu.com/job/vivid-adt-systemd/ARCH=amd64,label=adt/121/consoleFull
[2] http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2015/03/18/%23ubuntu-release.html
[3] http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2015/03/19/%23ubuntu-release.html

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Title:
  split out upstart-sysv

Status in upstart package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After switching to systemd permanently (apt get install systemd-sysv) and purging the now not needed "upstart" package, I tried to boot with the upstart fallback option in grub, just to find out it doesn't work.
  It looks like important init files are still in the "upstart" package instead of "upstart-bin" and should probably be moved there to keep the upstart fallback option working.

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