It is possible to make this failure go away by reverting to the edgy version of the upstart files.
I.e. by including a preferences file in the /etc/apt directory that contains the following and downgrading to these versions:
Package: upstart Pin: version 0.2.7-7 Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: upstart-compat-sysv Pin: version 0.2.7-7 Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: upstart-logd Pin: version 0.2.7-7 Pin-Priority: 1001
It is possible to make this failure go away by reverting to the edgy version of the upstart files.
I.e. by including a preferences file in the /etc/apt directory that contains the following and downgrading to these versions:
Package: upstart
Pin: version 0.2.7-7
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: upstart-compat-sysv
Pin: version 0.2.7-7
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: upstart-logd
Pin: version 0.2.7-7
Pin-Priority: 1001