diff -u netkit-base-0.10/debian/changelog netkit-base-0.10/debian/changelog
--- netkit-base-0.10/debian/changelog
+++ netkit-base-0.10/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+netkit-base (0.10-10.3ubuntu5) feisty; urgency=low
+
+  * Under some circumstances, prerm will fail if init.d/inetd 
+    does not exist. Now, call update-rc.d in prerm to let that 
+    script deal gracefully with the situation (LP: #120080).
+  
+ -- Morten Kjeldgaard <mok@bioxray.au.dk>  Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:04:39 +0100
+
 netkit-base (0.10-10.3ubuntu4) edgy; urgency=low
 
   * ping/ping.c: replace CLOCKS_PER_SEC with sys_conf(_SC_CLK_TCK).
diff -u netkit-base-0.10/debian/prerm netkit-base-0.10/debian/prerm
--- netkit-base-0.10/debian/prerm
+++ netkit-base-0.10/debian/prerm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
 if [ "$1" != "upgrade" ]; then
-	/etc/init.d/inetd stop
+	update-rc.d inetd stop >/dev/null
 fi
 
 ##DEBHELPER##