I have just manually downloaded and installed the 11.10 package (2.88dsf-13.10ubuntu4) on my 10.04 system and it installed without any dependency issues:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/sysvinit-utils
I have just manually downloaded and installed the 11.10 package (2.88dsf- 13.10ubuntu4) on my 10.04 system and it installed without any dependency issues:
http:// packages. ubuntu. com/oneiric/ sysvinit- utils