Package: nis Version: 3.17-31 Severity: normal
a fresh nis (master) install (on a more or less virgin squeeze) fails: <snip> Setting up nis (3.17-31) ... Stopping NIS services: ypbind ypserv ypppasswdd ypxfrd. Setting NIS domainname to: plaver. Starting NIS services: ypbindbinding to YP server...........................................failed (backgrounded). .. dpkg: version 'nis_3.17-18' has bad syntax: invalid character in version number </snip> apart from the dpkg error, it seems to be a reproduction of #213733 stop/start reproduces the binding failure tried hints suggested here http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29043 (to no avail) what can I do? grx. Theo -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages nis depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36 Debian configuration management sy ii hostname 3.04 utility to set/show the host name ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-4 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2.1 simple interprocess messaging syst ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-9 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libslp1 1.2.1-7.8 OpenSLP libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii make 3.81-8 An utility for Directing compilati ii netbase 4.44 Basic TCP/IP networking system ii portmap 6.0.0-2 RPC port mapper nis recommends no packages. Versions of packages nis suggests: pn nscd <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/yp.conf changed: ypserver 127.0.0.1 -- debconf information: * nis/domain: revalp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
