bootp doesn't have an updated man/xinetd boot script

[Javier Domingo]

I am installing bootp, but it doesn't have a proper configuration. the documentation referst to inetd.conf, but the actual update-inetd says xinetd is not fully supported.

Running: sudo update-inetd --add "bootps\tdgram\tudp\twait\troot\t/usr/sbin/bootpd\tbootpd\tbootptab" which is in the manual doesn't work, as inetd.conf is not being currently used in standard installations.

If you want it to use inetd.conf you have to set UPDATE_INETD_NOXINETD, which is not reflected in update-inet man, nor --help option. (This is another bug). And although I haven't tried, it should work (I had a look into the update-inetd code).

I would propose:
a) Update the bootpd man page to reflect the entry needed in xinetd.conf (thought looking at the other examples might be easy to do)
b) Create a file /etc/xinetd.d/bootpd with the usual configuration parameters, or give an option at install time to create it.

I may say that this is because tftpd installed xinetd, but as it can be a usual application to use in PXE netboot, this case should be considered

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: bootp 2.4.3-18
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jan 21 14:36:38 2012
SourcePackage: bootp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Javier Domingo (txomon)]

Hi, what may I do? Mark it as a whishlist? or is it a bug?

Thank you