Please see the Upstart Cookbook for more up-to-date information: http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/ http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/upstart_cookbook.pdf Once you've downloaded and unpacked upstart, you will need to configure the source tree, build and install it. The main question here is deciding whether or not you want to take the plunge and replace sysvinit immediately, or whether you want
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