diff -u upstart-0.2.7/debian/changelog upstart-0.2.7/debian/changelog
--- upstart-0.2.7/debian/changelog
+++ upstart-0.2.7/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+upstart (0.2.7-7.1) edgy-proposed; urgency=low
+
+  * Set inotify file descriptor to be closed on exec(); otherwise it will
+    be leaked to other processes, and more critically, leaked to itself
+    on re-exec eventually consuming all available inotify instances and
+    leading to a crash due to configuration unavailability.  LP: #141034.
+
+ -- Scott James Remnant <scott@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:36:48 +0100
+
 upstart (0.2.7-7) edgy; urgency=low
 
   * Don't abort the postinst if we can't send init SIGTERM.  Ubuntu: #64499.
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- upstart-0.2.7.orig/nih/file.c
+++ upstart-0.2.7/nih/file.c
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@
 		if (inotify_fd < 0)
 			return;
 
+		nih_io_set_cloexec (inotify_fd);
+
 		NIH_MUST (nih_io_reopen (NULL, inotify_fd, nih_file_reader,
 					 NULL, NULL, NULL));
 	}