What is meant by /sbin/init too old?

Question

I am trying to use Upstart to daemonize a script. So, I made a .conf file under /etc/init/. Now to check the conf file I did

init-checkconf /etc/init/ping_me.conf

And it says

ERROR: version of /sbin/init too old

My linux kernel version is 3.19.0-20-generic.

The Upstart is unable to configure the service. Hence service ping_me start is not working. So, if init can be updated, how can I update it?

I'll need to add the file where? I've already created it in /etc/init/ — Himanshu Mishra, Dec 01 '15 at 17:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '15 at 17:27

This is because, on Ubuntu 15.04, /sbin/init is NOT Upstart.

Upstart is at /sbin/upstart.

By default, 15.04 is using Systemd instead of *Upstart *.

You should look into creating a Systemd unit file instead.

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