Comment 110 for bug 672177

lucid:
$ dmesg | grep orphan
$ apt-cache policy sysvinit-utils
sysvinit-utils:
  Installed: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.1
  Candidate: 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.1
  Version table:
 *** 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.87dsf-4ubuntu17 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

Reran the test on maverick:
$ sudo -i
# apt-get install --reinstall libc6 && shutdown -r now
  on reboot:
$ dmesg | grep orphan
Same results as in comment #108 (EXT4-fs (sda5): 13 orphan inodes deleted). Note: also on the switch from natty (/dev/sda7) back to maverick, maverick (dev/sda5) ran an fsck on boot before starting gdm.