[Bug 1176020] [NEW] initctl status autofs gets stuck on stop/starting

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We have an issue with Upstart not restarting the autofs job when the
automount process dies, and the Upstart job status gets stuck in the
"stop/starting" state. The process is not automatically restarted by
Upstart like it is supposed to. Trying to manually control the job fails
too:

root at www1:~# initctl status autofs
autofs stop/starting
root at www1:~# initctl stop autofs
initctl: Job has already been stopped: autofs
root at www1:~# initctl start autofs
^C  <-- hangs
root at www1:~# initctl restart autofs
^C  <-- hangs

Starting the automount process manually works just fine, but Upstart
still does not recognize that the job is running.

I've tried initctl reload-configuration but that didn't change anything.

Rebooting has fixed the problem in the past, but is not a permanent
solution since this is a production web server and we've seen this
problem pop up a few times - often months apart from each other. We need
to track down the problem and find a fix for it.

I tried posting at http://askubuntu.com/questions/289103/initctl-status-
autofs-is-stuck-on-stop-starting before reporting a bug but I received
no suggestions.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu7.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-virtual 3.2.40
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May  3 08:55:16 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: autofs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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initctl status autofs gets stuck on stop/starting
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