As discussed on #ubuntu-devel with Adam (who was upgrading a number of trusty servers to utopic), the problem he saw was a combination of this bug coupled with bug 1338637 (which explains the poor re-exec performance).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901038 Title: packages fail to install: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: This is a second install of Xubuntu 12.04-testing. Apport seems to think this is not reported. Reported it on my other install. Do not have time or desire to hunt up the other bug, you may have deleted it for all I know. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: cups (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-3.8-generic 3.2.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-3-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Dec 2 20:01:35 2011 Df: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda9 10304824 5614180 4167176 58% / udev 1536476 0 1536476 0% /dev DuplicateSignature: Setting up rsyslog (5.8.6-1ubuntu2) ... start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused invoke-rc.d: initscript rsyslog, action "restart" failed. dpkg: error processing rsyslog (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.3) SourcePackage: cups Title: package cups (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/901038/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
