This behavior is actually documented in the (currently not maintained) Upstart wiki:
"A separate respawn stanza must be present to actually set the respawn flag, as of version 0.3.9." See http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/Stanzas?highlight=%28%28CategoryDoc%29%29#respawn%20limit -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/831606 Title: "respawn" does not start job again To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/831606/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
