Comment by int0x80

Well, to start a init.d service you only really need an executable and a few links to rc.X. Nothing more. I know about the lsb stuff and that but only gives a few warnings if you omit it. Still works as expected out of the box. For example, if your service daemonizes (forks) the systemd way wont work. You need fork=yes or something. For my likings is way more complex that it should be. The thing is we've gone from needing almost nothing 90% of the time (I just want my executable to be run when the system is up) to get the thing working to understanding a lot of sections, files, ill-named options etc.