Description of Problem: if there is no /etc/inetd.conf file some scripts that take it for granted could fail (Veritas Netbackup being one of them), also a description telling that inetd.conf is dropped on favor of xinetd and that a every service now has its own file on /etc/xinetd.d/ wouldn't hurt ;) telling the administrator that he could use /usr/sbin/inetdconvert to help him convert those obsolete inetd.conf entries a bonus ;) How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run any script that expects an /etc/inetd.conf file (as in any *nix system i know off) or die 2. 3. Actual Results: an error and no /etc/inetd.conf services to switch to xinetd manually Expected Results: no errors Additional Information /etc/inetd.conf has a mention on FHS2.2beta, so it could be expected to be available. surelly it is tagged as optional but surelly there is no mention for /etc/xinetd.d/ even as optional ;)
Failing instead of believing the file actually is used is a good thing - the right place for this documentation is in the releasenotes, where it actually is...