And yes, dropping 'respawn' from the job is enough to stop the job from being respawned by upstart.
I think the only justification for setting respawn is that, even though it's not the upstart default, it's a sensible default policy for services. So if it's not working for any reason, by all means it should be changed.
And yes, dropping 'respawn' from the job is enough to stop the job from being respawned by upstart.
I think the only justification for setting respawn is that, even though it's not the upstart default, it's a sensible default policy for services. So if it's not working for any reason, by all means it should be changed.