Comment 9 for bug 452090

The dependency was only recently added:

diff -Nru sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog
--- sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog 2009-09-22 01:29:35.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/changelog 2009-09-22 23:26:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu7) karmic; urgency=low
+
+ * debian/rules: add a versioned dependency on the upstart that provides
+ the reload action
+ * debian/service/service: handle reload and force-reload actions as
+ upstart commands, LP: #433544
+
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:25:37 -0700
+
 sysvinit (2.87dsf-4ubuntu6) karmic; urgency=low

   * Remove conffiles that are no longer included in this package.
diff -Nru sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/control sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/control
--- sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/control 2009-09-19 22:32:04.000000000 +0200
+++ sysvinit-2.87dsf/debian/control 2009-09-22 23:25:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 Conflicts: last, sysvconfig, chkconfig (<< 11.0-79.1-1ubuntu1), sysvconfig (<< 0.80ubuntu1)
 Replaces: sysvutils (<< 2.86.ds1-56ubuntu1), last, sysvinit (<= 2.86.ds1-65), sysvconfig (<< 0.80ubuntu1)
 Provides: sysvutils
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, upstart (>= 0.6.3-4)
 Suggests: sash
 Description: System-V-like utilities
  This package contains the important System-V-like utilities.

and AFAICS it does not need to be a strict one.