The file /etc/init.d/proftpd has an error in line 21: Goes -- /var/run/proftpd.pid where it should be -p var/run/proftpd.pid 18 start() { 19 checkconfig || return 1 20 ebegin "Starting proftpd" 21 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/proftpd -- /var/run/proftpd.pid 22 eend $? 23 } should be 21 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/proftpd -p /var/run/proftpd.pid The error when you try to start it up is: tsutomete hasp # /etc/init.d/proftpd start * Starting proftpd ... - unknown parameter: '/var/run/proftpd.pid'
No such thing there, you didn't run etc-update/dispatch-conf on upgrade. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 137817 ***