Re: Getting rid of portmap
dpkg -S portmap will tell you that portmap is included in the netbase package.
If you need other contents of netbase,
> Question --> what is the best approach to stop
> portmap from running on a Debian system?
If you are hesitant to remove the symlink, edit the portmap script and put
an exit as the second line.
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