Ow. Uninstalling the running init is likely to cause problems. If
possible, install upstart and sysvinit alongside each other... No, wait.
upstart conflicts with sysvinit.
I would suggest that, unless you meant to switch inits, you re-install
upstart (which will remove sysvinit again).
If you ARE trying to switch inits, you may be on your own :/
I am definitely NOT trying to switch inits! I'm not sure why this happened. I simply ran an `apt-get dist-upgrade` per the log I posted (
https://dpaste.de/iVgQo/raw/) and it did it.
I don't know what triggered it... all I can say is that, prior to this, my normal upgrades have been done with `aptitude upgrade`. The only reason I did the extra dist-upgrade is that apticron was telling me about those updates, they didn't happen with `aptitude upgrade`, so I bumped up to the `apt-get dist-upgrade`.
I've since found this bug report, so I'm apparently not alone (and I also happen to be running under openvz... hmm):
I've tried re-installing upstart (ugh... "Yes, do as I say!"):
We'll see how that goes. I'm ensuring I've got full backups in place before trying a reboot.