While it is started by dbus, it links to ../init.d/avahi-daemon so the init script is the one used by dbus
See also Bug #65587 ** Bug 65587 has been marked a duplicate of this bug -- /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon is useless https://launchpad.net/bugs/56426 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
