I'm noticing that these essential files have been moved from the package upstart to the new package upstart-sysv. This package has just to be missed being installed on upgrading because the package init is not essential (while its description says it is (also it says that it allows to select between 3 init systems while it actually lists only 2)).
** Package changed: upstart (Ubuntu) => init-system-helpers (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1436691 Title: Essential files are missing Status in init-system-helpers package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev and upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu10 doesn't contain files like /sbin/init anymore. This caused that after upgrading to this package I wasn't able to reboot/shutdown my system and to fully boot it after a hard reboot. --- ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu9 [origin: unknown] PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-10-generic root=UUID=05338ff8-a226-421b-90a4-1dd45199f783 ro elevator=cfq ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2 Tags: third-party-packages vivid Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64 UnreportableReason: Das ist kein offizielles Ubuntu-Paket. Bitte entfernen Sie alle Pakete von Drittanbietern und wiederholen Sie den Vorgang. UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSystemJobs: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Unable to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. UpstartRunningSystemVersion: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'version'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Unable to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo vboxusers wireshark _MarkForUpload: True modified.conffile..etc.init.acpid.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.init.cgmanager.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.init.d.acpid: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.init.acpid.conf: 2014-02-19T20:08:15.825697 mtime.conffile..etc.init.cgmanager.conf: 2015-02-25T20:58:42.596226 mtime.conffile..etc.init.control.alt.delete.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.422130 mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.acpid: 2014-05-30T01:07:43.027750 mtime.conffile..etc.init.tty2.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.430130 mtime.conffile..etc.init.tty3.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.434130 mtime.conffile..etc.init.tty4.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.438130 mtime.conffile..etc.init.tty5.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.442130 mtime.conffile..etc.init.tty6.conf: 2014-08-16T13:50:31.446130 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/init-system-helpers/+bug/1436691/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp