Package: tftpd Version: 0.17-12 On a clean Debian system, do the following:
cat /etc/inetd.conf [notice there is no tftpd line] aptitude install tftpd cat /etc/inetd.conf [notice presence of tftpd line] aptitude purge tftpd cat /etc/inetd.conf [notice line is still present, but commented-out] Purge ought to remove the line, not just comment it out. Why, you ask? Because *other* tftpd packages (such as tftpd-hpa) might simply uncomment the existing line, rather than creating a new line of their own, in order to "preserve" an earlier configuration. This yields problems when first experimenting with which tftp daemon to install. For example, the following two sequences of commands yield *different* installations of tftpd-hpa, but ought not to do so: -> start with clean system -> aptitude install tftpd -> aptitude purge tftpd -> aptitude install tftpd-hpa -> start with clean system -> aptitude install tftpd-hpa For comparison, note that tftpd-hpa correctly deletes its inetd.conf line when tftpd-hpa is purged. Package tftpd ought to behave the same way! Alexander Perlis, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
