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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+<refentry id="systemd-sysv-generator" conditional="HAVE_SYSV_COMPAT">
+
+  <refentryinfo>
+    <title>systemd-sysv-generator</title>
+    <productname>systemd</productname>
+  </refentryinfo>
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>systemd-sysv-generator</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>systemd-sysv-generator</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Unit generator for SysV init scripts</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/systemd-sysv-generator</filename></para>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para><emphasis>Note: this component is deprecated and scheduled for removal. Please replace remaining
+    SysV init scripts with native unit files.</emphasis></para>
+
+    <para><filename>systemd-sysv-generator</filename> is a generator that creates wrapper .service units for
+    <ulink url="https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit">System V init</ulink> scripts in
+    <filename>/etc/init.d/*</filename> at boot and when configuration of the system manager is reloaded. This
+    allows <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to
+    support them similarly to native units.</para>
+
+    <para><ulink
+    url="http://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_3.1.1/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html">LSB
+    headers</ulink> in SysV init scripts are interpreted, and the ordering specified in the header is turned
+    into dependencies between the generated unit and other units. The LSB facilities
+    <literal>$remote_fs</literal>, <literal>$network</literal>, <literal>$named</literal>,
+    <literal>$portmap</literal>, <literal>$time</literal> are supported and will be turned into dependencies
+    on specific native systemd targets.  See
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+    more details.</para>
+
+    <para>Note that compatibility is quite comprehensive but not 100%, for more details see <ulink
+    url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/Incompatibilities">Incompatibilities with
+    SysV</ulink>.</para>
+
+    <para>SysV runlevels have corresponding systemd targets
+    (<filename>runlevel<replaceable>X</replaceable>.target</filename>).  The wrapper unit that is generated
+    will be wanted by those targets which correspond to runlevels for which the script is enabled.</para>
+
+    <para><command>systemd</command> does not support SysV scripts as part of early boot, so all wrapper
+    units are ordered after <filename>basic.target</filename>.</para>
+
+    <para><filename>systemd-sysv-generator</filename> implements
+    <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.generator</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>See Also</title>
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.target</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>