Comment 33 for bug 569757

Ah, I didn't realize that about 10.04.3. Thanks for clearing that up.

Also thanks for the quick turnaround on a package update. Unfortunately, installing the new version failed for me:

Preparing to replace nis 3.17-31 (using .../nis_3.17-32ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa1_i386.deb) ...
 * Stopping NIS services [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement nis ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up nis (3.17-32ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa1) ...
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/nis ...
   /etc/rc1.d/K18nis
   /etc/rc2.d/S18nis
   /etc/rc3.d/S18nis
   /etc/rc4.d/S18nis
   /etc/rc5.d/S18nis
dpkg: error processing nis (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 105
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up nis (3.17-32ubuntu2~lucid1~ppa1) ...
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/nis ...
dpkg: error processing nis (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 105
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nis