diff -u xinetd-2.3.14/debian/changelog xinetd-2.3.14/debian/changelog
--- xinetd-2.3.14/debian/changelog
+++ xinetd-2.3.14/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+xinetd (1:2.3.14-7ubuntu4) natty; urgency=low
+
+  * add xinetd upstart job (LP: #43574)
+
+ -- Scott Moser <smoser@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:24:49 -0400
+
 xinetd (1:2.3.14-7ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
 
   * rebuild rest of main for armel armv7/thumb2 optimization;
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- xinetd-2.3.14.orig/debian/xinetd.upstart
+++ xinetd-2.3.14/debian/xinetd.upstart
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# xinetd - the extended Internet services daemon
+description	"xinetd daemon"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+## because signal QUIT is sent in pre-stop, respawn cannot be used.
+## (LP: #605007)
+#respawn
+
+pre-start script
+    test -x /usr/sbin/xinetd || { stop; exit 0; }
+end script
+
+env PIDFILE=/var/run/xinetd.pid
+script
+  INETD_COMPAT=Yes
+  XINETD_OPTS="-stayalive"
+
+  # per upstart convention, options should be set in the upstart job itself.
+  # However, to be friendly, source and respect old defaults file.
+  [ ! -f /etc/default/xinetd ] || . /etc/default/xinetd
+
+  case "$INETD_COMPAT" in
+    [Yy]*)
+      XINETD_OPTS="$XINETD_OPTS -inetd_compat"
+      if perl -MSocket -e 'exit (!socket($sock, AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, 0))'; then
+        XINETD_OPTS="$XINETD_OPTS -inetd_ipv6"
+      fi
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  checkportmap () {
+    if grep "^[^ *#]" /etc/xinetd.conf | grep -q 'rpc/'; then
+      if ! rpcinfo -u localhost portmapper >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo
+        echo "WARNING: portmapper inactive - RPC services unavailable!"
+        echo "    Commenting out or removing the RPC services from"
+        echo "    the /etc/xinetd.conf file will remove this message."
+        echo
+      fi
+    fi
+  }
+
+  checkportmap
+  exec /usr/sbin/xinetd -dontfork -pidfile "$PIDFILE" $XINETD_OPTS
+end script
+
+pre-stop script
+  xinetd_pid=$(status | awk '/stop\/pre-stop/ { print $NF }')
+  [ -n "${xinetd_pid}" ] || exit 0
+  kill -QUIT "${xinetd_pid}"
+end script