Comment 1 for bug 570103

I agree, just wasted quite a bit of time editing /etc/default/rsyslog, restarting only to find that the changes had no effect. If the file cannot be deleted then a warning should be placed in there for the Upstart ignoramuses out there (such as myself up until a few minutes ago).

On the upside however I've now gotten stuck into http://upstart.ubuntu.com/getting-started.html