I ran into this issue when working on the ltsp thin client solution for debian. To speed up the boot process, and to make sure ltsp can run on machines with very little memory, it is important to get rid of all the part of the boot process that is not needed. inetd is one of the unused daemons, and should not start on a thin client.
But I can not remove the package, as netbase depend on it, and I need netbase to boot the thin client. A solution would be to make it easier to disable inetd. By default, the netkit-inetd package is installed, and there is no way to disable it without editing a conffile (and this get upgrade issues later if the file is changed in a future version of the package) or by removing the binary (and perhaps get it back later - could use divert of course, but this is getting complex just to stop inetd). A solution for me would be to teach /etc/init.d/inetd to read a flag from /etc/default/inetd, and not start if this flag is set. Another would be to get netbase to drop the inetd dependency. The cleanest solution would be top drop the dependency, as this would save space on the thin client root as well. Friendly, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
