> did restore a recent wily backup though, so these now obsolete udev
files in /etc/init & /etc/init.d files might stem from that
Ah, this would explain it then.
I just did a dist-upgrade from vivid to current wily, and it works as
intended:
Setting up udev (225-1ubuntu4) ...
Installing new ver
$ cat /etc/init.d/udev-finish
#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: udev-finish
# Required-Start:udev $local_fs
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: S
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Copy rules generated while the root was ro
### END INIT INFO
PATH="/sbin:/bin"
. /l