[Bug 1158708] [NEW] Services start/stop multiple times during boot

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I'm running a fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with all updates
from security/updates applied. While everything works as expected after
boot, I see that several services are started and stopped multiple
times. After adding "--verbose" to the kernel command line in grub, I
see the following in /var/log/dmesg (grep on "ssh", but other services
look similar):

[   15.448785] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
[   15.448977] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
[   15.722522] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
[   15.740479] init: ssh pre-start process (412)
[   15.892560] init: ssh pre-start process (412) exited normally
[   15.892697] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
[   15.900573] init: ssh main process (427)
[   15.900877] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
[   15.912513] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running
[   18.292483] init: ssh goal changed from start to stop
[   18.292723] init: ssh state changed from running to pre-stop
[   18.292826] init: ssh state changed from pre-stop to stopping
[   18.293129] init: ssh state changed from stopping to killed
[   18.293236] init: Sending TERM signal to ssh main process (427)
[   18.296505] init: ssh main process (427) exited normally
[   18.296683] init: ssh state changed from killed to post-stop
[   18.297359] init: ssh state changed from post-stop to waiting
[   18.344245] init: ssh goal changed from stop to start
[   18.344378] init: ssh state changed from waiting to starting
[   18.344801] init: ssh state changed from starting to pre-start
[   18.356479] init: ssh pre-start process (593)
[   18.414658] init: ssh pre-start process (593) exited normally
[   18.415023] init: ssh state changed from pre-start to spawned
[   18.424710] init: ssh main process (596)
[   18.424886] init: ssh state changed from spawned to post-start
[   18.429089] init: ssh state changed from post-start to running

You can see that SSH is started 4 times. This seems unnecessary and
looks like a bug to me. I see this behaviour on other Ubuntu 12.04
systems as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: upstart 1.5-0ubuntu7.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42~precise1-generic 3.5.7.6
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 22 11:20:16 2013
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: upstart
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise
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Services start/stop multiple times during boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158708
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