Seems a 2.89 new package is available; maybe could you set it into a ppa for testing purpose, as it have lot of bugfixes and the too old badly 'shutdown' issue disturbing the next reboot has also some workarounds/fixes.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/sysvinit-devel/2014-02/msg00007.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to sysvinit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1369493 Title: update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Status in “sysvinit” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Upgrading xorg on Utopic, the install dialog-box have displayed this warning: Setting up x11-common (1:7.7+7ubuntu2) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults * Setting up X socket directories... [ OK ] ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: sysv-rc 2.88dsf-41ubuntu18 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-14.20-generic 3.16.2 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-14-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Mon Sep 15 12:12:53 2014 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: sysvinit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/1369493/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

