Well, although the maintainer's initial responses weren't very helpful it seems that the bug had already been fixed. I guess it was really just a case of a bad

Well, although the maintainer's initial responses weren't very helpful it seems that the bug had already been fixed. I guess it was really just a case of a bad day after all but he handled it gracefully in the end. This recent post clarifies things: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/557177/comments/24 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/55717...