Ok, so it looks like the two systems are actually using two different mechanisms of starting.

Right now the SystemV script is a *complete script* rather than just a wrapper to the BASH script we generate, like upstart.  Because of this, currently, they can't share the same /etc/default file.    If someone who uses SystemV could detangle that, we can make the default location for config `/etc/default/<pkg>` and then both scripts will use it.

unfortunately, things like USER=<foo> wouldn't work for SystemV.