Re: Why is portmap installed by default?

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Subject: Re: Why is portmap installed by default?
From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:04:30 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 87wt931dxt.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20060820170655.GA28534@glandium.org> (Mike Hommey's message of "Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:06:55 +0200")
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Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> writes:
> kevin bailey <kbailey@freewayprojects.com> wrote:

>> Why is portmap installed by default on a vanilla basic Debian Sarge install?
>> 
>> As far as I can see this is mainly used by by NFS and NIS - so if we're not
>> using either of these then why should it be installed.

> Probably because of fam, which uses it.

One of the many, many reasons to install gamin instead.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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