Yo,

On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 03:56:56PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote:
> I would like to find out more about xinetd, any docs besides man pages ?
> 
> I got xinetd-2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk.i586.rpm from current 7.2 version.
> When trying to install xinet*, I get ...
>         # rpm -ivh xinet*
> error: failed dependencies:
>     /etc/init.d is needed by xinetd-2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk
> 
> Why is it looking for /etc/init.d instead of /etc/rc.d/init.d
> on my LM7.1 system ?    (I see nothing relevant in the changelog).
>

Because of fhs compliance you need things like this.
Install latest filesystem /initscripts and things should be gone.
Be careful since these are base system packate, just warning so that you don't
screw your system ..

 
> I am trying to install 'wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk.i586.rpm' which depends on
> error: failed dependencies:
>         xinetd   is needed by wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk
> 
> Trying to install both at the same time still gives the /etc/init.d error
> on my LM7.1 server.
> 

xinetd is now the choice over inetd.

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