I'm marking this bug as fixed released. In Ubuntu 14.04 we have the last upstart configuration Joe just described.
** Changed in: salt (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1250208 Title: `stop salt-master` causes upstart to hang To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/salt/+bug/1250208/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs