reverted:
--- daemontools-0.76/debian/svscan
+++ daemontools-0.76.orig/debian/svscan
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# svscan - daemontools
-#
-# This service starts daemontools from the point the system is
-# started until it is shut down again.
-
-start on runlevel 1
-start on runlevel 2
-start on runlevel 3
-start on runlevel 4
-start on runlevel 5
-start on runlevel 6
-
-stop on shutdown
-
-respawn
-exec /usr/bin/svscanboot
diff -u daemontools-0.76/debian/rules daemontools-0.76/debian/rules
--- daemontools-0.76/debian/rules
+++ daemontools-0.76/debian/rules
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 	#  changelog
 	test -r changelog || ln -s daemontools-0.76/src/CHANGES changelog
 	#  upstart-files
-	mkdir -p '$(DIR)'-run/etc/event.d/
-	install -m0644 debian/svscan '$(DIR)'-run/etc/event.d/
+	mkdir -p '$(DIR)'-run/etc/init
+	install -m0644 debian/svscan.conf '$(DIR)'-run/etc/init/
 
 binary: binary-arch binary-indep
 binary-arch: install-arch daemontools.deb
diff -u daemontools-0.76/debian/daemontools-run.preinst daemontools-0.76/debian/daemontools-run.preinst
--- daemontools-0.76/debian/daemontools-run.preinst
+++ daemontools-0.76/debian/daemontools-run.preinst
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
    echo 'Stopping svscan-service'
-   /sbin/stop svscan
+   # ignore error (needed to recover from broken upstart job in 1:0.76-3ubuntu2)
+   /sbin/stop svscan || true 
 fi
diff -u daemontools-0.76/debian/changelog daemontools-0.76/debian/changelog
--- daemontools-0.76/debian/changelog
+++ daemontools-0.76/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+daemontools (1:0.76-3ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low
+
+  * fix upstartification (LP: #460760)
+
+ -- Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:56:55 +0100
+
 daemontools (1:0.76-3ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low
 
   * debian/control
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- daemontools-0.76.orig/debian/svscan.conf
+++ daemontools-0.76/debian/svscan.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# svscan - daemontools
+#
+# This service starts daemontools from the point the system is
+# started until it is shut down again.
+
+start on runlevel [123456]
+stop on shutdown
+
+respawn
+exec /usr/bin/svscanboot