Re: networking packages when using systemd

On Sun, Feb 22, 2026 at 10:10:16PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote:
> On 2/22/2026 6:35 PM, lfs ([email protected] via blfs-dev Mailing
> List) wrote:
> > On Sunday, February 22nd, 2026 at 20:40, Bruce Dubbs<[email protected]>  wrote:
> > > I am thinking about dropping the dhcpcd and bridge-utils from the forthcoming version
> > > of BLFS.  They seem redundant and unneeded when using systemd-networkd.
> > > 
> > So, the new regime's cull has started.
> > 
> > Seriously though, is there some way, outside of reading the commit logs in great
> > detail, by which anyone, coming new to BLFS (and LFS I guess), might see a list
> > of the "no longer maintained, as systemd has absorbed them into the monolith"
> > packages, so that such people would know that they had been there once, and
> > that their ghosts still linger on.
> I have been asked by Bruce to maintain a branch of sysV LFS/BLFS and intend
> on doing so. I will make every attempt to maintain a system that is stable,
> tested, and current. How long a sysV system can exist is what I want to find
> out. I'll be working hard at this project and I'm certain others will
> contribute to it. Details will follow after I finish building a few
> instances of the current 13.0 and start testing BLFS. I read every commit
> post and I'm aware of changes that can affect the sysV side. Please, calm
> your concerns. -- Randy

Hello Randy,

Thank you for taking on the maintainer role.  Long live the SysV branch!

Regards
Pierre

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