Re: NFS portmap - is it really needed and if so where is it?

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 14/03/12 18:41, Sian Mountbatten wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I is trying to set up NFS for my LAN. The NFS-HOWTO says that portmap,
> usually resident in /sbin or /usr/sbin, is essential as it has to be
> started first. Well, I don't have it and it does not appear in the
> Contents-i386.gz for sid on ftp.uk.debian.org.
>
> So has it been superseded? What do I need to get my NFS server working?
>
> Any help much appreciated.

Package: rpcbind
Version: 0.2.0-7
Architecture: i386
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
Installed-Size: 145
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libtirpc1, libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), lsb-base 
(>= 3.2-14), insserv (>= 1.14.0-2.1) | file-rc, initscripts (>= 
2.88dsf-13.3)
Conflicts: portmap
Provides: portmap
Section: net
Priority: standard
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpcbind/
Filename: pool/main/r/rpcbind/rpcbind_0.2.0-7_i386.deb
Size: 43416
MD5sum: 568abefe9d08bbbb94efb841eefc12b4
Description: converts RPC program numbers into universal addresses
 The rpcbind utility is a server that converts RPC program numbers
 into universal addresses.

Not quite sure why this isn't a depends or suggests of the nfs server 
package. Perhaps someone can enlighten me?

--
Dom