Do you still have "sysvinit" installed? If you "upgrade" sysvinit (maybe just aptitude download sysvinit and dpkg -i) does it then behave itself when you try and update (ie. remove sysvinit and install upstart instead)
-- Sysvinit "wants" to install and replace upstart https://launchpad.net/bugs/59039 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
