Ah, never mind, I see that this was fixed in 1.13.2-0ubuntu2 which I hadn't yet installed.
** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- 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/1376187 Title: cron.daily noise from "initctl version" Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: I got cron mail today from /etc/cron.daily/upstart telling me what version of Upstart I was running. I don't really need to be e-mailed this. :-) Please could you redirect the stdout of "initctl version" to /dev/null as well as its stderr? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1376187/+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