* Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> [05/04/99 11:30] wrote:
> Max <maxk@chinook.stanford.edu> writes:
> > Has anyone been able to find a fix for the dreaded ypbind hang? From
> > the mailing list archives, I understand that using either ypbind-3.3
> > or ypbind-mt-1.4 will solve the problem, but neither one is available
> > in a Debian package. So, would the maintainer be willing to upgrade
> > the nis package? If not, can someone supply me with a compiled
> > version of ypbind? I have an old SPARCStation 2 with a tiny amount of
> > disk space that prevents me from installing gcc and compiling it
> > myself.
>
> I've never had any problem with ypbind and I've been using
> Debian/Sparc with a NIS setup since December. I'm currently using the
> nis_3.3.1-1 package from slink.
That's strange. Search through the debian-sparc archives for "ypbind"
to see a description of the problem. To summarize, ypbind hangs if
you don't specify the -debug -broadcast options. Apparently, this bug
only exists in ypbind-mt-1.3 (the version in nis_3.3.1-1). I'm not
sure how you were able to get around it.
Max
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