6.63. Sysvinit-2.88dsf

The Sysvinit package contains programs for controlling the startup, running, and shutdown of the system.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU

Required disk space: 1.4 MB

6.63.1. Installation of Sysvinit

Since LFS uses Systemd as init system, this package is needed for few utils that are not present in other packages. Compile the package:

make -C src fstab-decode
make -C src killall5
make -C src last

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package:

cp -v src/{fstab-decode,killall5} /sbin
ln -sv ../sbin/killall5 /bin/pidof
cp -v src/last /usr/bin
ln -sv last /usr/bin/lastb

Install manual pages for the installed programs:

cp -v man/{last,lastb}.1 /usr/share/man/man1
cp -v man/{fstab-decode,killall5,pidof}.8 /usr/share/man/man8

Installed programs: fstab-decode, killall5, last, lastb (link to last) and pidof (link to killall5)

fstab-decode	Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments
killall5	Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own session so it will not kill the shell running the script that called it
last	Shows which users last logged in (and out), searching back through the `/var/log/wtmp` file; it also shows system boots, shutdowns, and run-level changes
lastb	Shows the failed login attempts, as logged in `/var/log/btmp`
pidof	Reports the PIDs of the given programs