Re: Downgrading the priority of nfs-utils [was: Re: Upgrading the priority of ucf]

[Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

On 6 Nov 2006, at 9:26 am, Josselin Mouette wrote:

> Le jeudi 02 novembre 2006 à 05:22 -0800, Josh Triplett a écrit :
> > I would suggest b); reducing the "standard" set of packages seems  
> > like a
> > feature, it won't break upgrades (if installed, the package will stay
> > installed), and new installs don't need to get nfs-kernel-server  
> > as part
> > of the *default* install.
>
> We're not talking about the NFS server, but of the NFS client. And a
> working NFS client is surely something we want as part of the default
> install.
>
> > If someone wants to run an nfs server, they
> > can install an nfs server package, either nfs-kernel-server or
> > nfs-user-server (no good reason to prefer one to the other).
>
> nfs-user-server is deprecated. I think we shouldn't even ship it at  
> all.

I still use it on some real-world servers, but I can't now remember  
why.  I definitely found something which only worked with the  
userland server.  Wish I could remember what it was, but since the  
machines in question are production servers, I'm not about to mess  
with them to find out...

Tim