Comment 1 for bug 1431581

Update of upstart last night now progresses installation, however failure is now:

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Preparing to unpack .../nis_3.17-32ubuntu6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nis (3.17-32ubuntu6) over (3.17-32ubuntu6) ...
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Setting up nis (3.17-32ubuntu6) ...
invoke-rc.d: ypbind.service doesn't exist but the upstart job does. Nothing to start or stop until a systemd or init job is present.
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
insserv: warning: script 'gdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
insserv: warning: script 'gdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
invoke-rc.d: ypserv.service doesn't exist but the upstart job does. Nothing to start or stop until a systemd or init job is present.
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
insserv: warning: script 'gdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
insserv: warning: script 'gdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
insserv: warning: script 'gdm' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `gdm'
insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `gdm'

and obviously NIS fails to start / missing init script etc. etc.