On September 10, 2019 12:36:00 PM CDT, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev 
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I noticed that initd-tools is gone from BLFS and seems to have been 
>replaced by lsb-tools. I also noticed that BLFS bootscripts have been 
>updated with tons of fixes for dependency information, so thanks for
>all 
>the work on that!
>
>However, I noticed that lsb-tools is implemented in python3, which of 
>course is no problem for the book, as python3 is needed for meson/ninja
>
>in lfs already.
>
>My own personal problem is that my lfs/blfs-based distro does contain 
>initd-tools in the minimal install I use for my routers, but not 
>python3, and I'd like to keep it that way, for size and security
>reasons 
>(less software means less bugs).
>
>So, what I wanted to ask:
>
>In what functional way do the new python-based install_initd and 
>remove_initd differ from the old, c-based ones?
>
>Will the old ones not be able to correctly manage the new BLFS init 
>scrips due to missing functionality?
>
>And if not, what is missing from the old ones? I would then try to add 
>this to initd-tools, so I can still use those.
>
>
>Bye
>Tim
>
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I added was $first and $last facilities, specifically for our use of 
bootscripts instead of inittab for display manager.

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