This bug is not fixed. install_initd still fails in the same way on Debian GNU/Linux 8 with all updates installed:
# /usr/lib/lsb/install_initd /etc/init.d/cups Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/lsb/install_initd", line 46, in <module> headers = initdutils.scan_initfile(initfile) File "/usr/lib/lsb/initdutils.py", line 79, in scan_initfile inheaders = RFC822Parser(strob=headerlines) File "/usr/lib/lsb/initdutils.py", line 24, in __init__ fileob = StringIO(strob) TypeError: initial_value must be unicode or None, not str --- Peter Åstrand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB https://cendio.com Teknikringen 8 https://twitter.com/ThinLinc 583 30 Linköping https://facebook.com/ThinLinc Phone: +46 13 214 600 https://google.com/+CendioThinLinc