On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 03:10:32PM -0400, Daniel Lamblin wrote: > hm. seems that there's no on on debian-testing anymore. perhaps I could > ask about this here. read the forwarded message and let me add: > > perhaps if I installed stable's tftpd I'd be better off, but I don't know > how to work with both stable and testing sources. Could anyone speak to > having gotten the two to coexist? is there an apt-get install dtable:tftpd > sort of command? I don't want to have to switch dpkg coonfigs each time I > decide to go with one or the other and apt-get update. nobody answered because its a rtfm question. so rtfm. > ----- Forwarded message from Daniel Lamblin <daniell@slithy.toves.net> ----- > > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 02:15:45 -0400 > From: Daniel Lamblin <daniell@slithy.toves.net> > To: debian-testing@lists.debian.org > Subject: tftpd and bootp on ppc > Mail-Followup-To: debian-testing@lists.debian.org > > Hi; > This is my first time using a testing dist, and its also the first time I > tried either bootp or tftpd. However I think there's something either > misleading about tftpd's package or it is actually incorrect. [I'm using > the macppc port] > > First off I'll mention that tftpd's package doesn't seem to contain the > binary for tftpd, though the man page would suggest it would. > Secondly I'm a little confused by bootp because though I'm running it in > standalone mode, it doesn't seem to respond to clients, and it hasn't been > configured to start up at boot time. > > here's some of the facts about tftpd that confuse me: > > hyperbolic:~# dpkg -l tftpd > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Description > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > ii tftpd 0.17-5 Internet trivial file transfer protocol serv > hyperbolic:~# dpkg -L tftpd > /. > /usr > /usr/sbin > /usr/sbin/in.tftpd > /usr/share > /usr/share/man > /usr/share/man/man8 > /usr/share/man/man8/in.tftpd.8.gz > /usr/share/doc > /usr/share/doc/tftpd > /usr/share/doc/tftpd/README > /usr/share/doc/tftpd/copyright > /usr/share/doc/tftpd/changelog.gz > /usr/share/doc/tftpd/changelog.Debian.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/tftpd.8.gz > > hyperbolic:~# whoami > root > hyperbolic:~# man tftpd > TFTPD(8) System Manager's Manual > > NAME > tftpd - DARPA Trivial File Transfer Protocol server > > SYNOPSIS > tftpd [-n] [-s] [directory ...] > > [...snip...] > hyperbolic:~# tftpd > bash: tftpd: command not found > > hyperbolic:~# in.tftpd > hyperbolic:~# ps ax|grep tftp > 479 pts/3 S 0:00 grep tftp > > -Daniel > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-testing-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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