Comment 56 for bug 430224

I've opened bug 826544 against update-manager to propose that hardy->lucid updates should currently not happen until this ticket is properly resolved.

It's great to hear that OpenVZ, LXC, Virtuozzo and whatnot hosts are not affected (if that is indeed the case). I don't know what my hoster is running and I shouldn't have to. From some of the messages I exchanged with the owner I'd venture to guess that he is running linux-vserver.org. FWIW. I've had plans to replicate that setup locally, but never got around to it.

So, where are we? It seems that Clint's efforts to backport upstart have lately stalled. And unless I am mistaken that was about fixing the host side of things anyhow. Upstart-dummy was put forward as a possible workaround. I've read the page a few times but I'm not yet sure I fully understand the necessary steps. I'd actually like to see that script packaged so that things are easier to replicate on different machines. I'm not much of a wizzard when it comes to packaging python, so I'd appreciate some collaboration for further evaluation.