sn creates line in /etc/inetd.conf but inetd not installed.
Bug #52420 reported by
Ralph Corderoy
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sn (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: sn
On Ubuntu 6.06, Dapper, I `apt-get install sn' and all went well.
Afterwards,
$ cat /etc/inetd.conf
nntp stream tcp nowait news.news /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/snntpd logger -p news.info
$ apt-show-versions -a -p netkit-inetd
Not installed
netkit-inetd 0.10-10.2ubuntu1 dapper
netkit-inetd not installed
$
Either sn should depend on netkit-inetd, or it should use some other
system to get snntpd running with file descriptors 0 and 1 connected to
the network sockets. I'm left with no newserver to connect to on localhost.
Revision history for this message
| Dan O'Huiginn (daniel-ohuiginn) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in sn: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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Confirmed, and I believe still the case in Feisty. Somebody should change debian/postinst to match the instructions in INSTALL.run of the package, and not assume that the user is running inetd.
I don't have much interest in doing this myself (I don't even use sn), but it looks like a reasonably self-contained project. Tagging 'ubuntulove' in the hope that somebody else will want to deal with it ;)