Bug#381923: [Adduser-devel] Bug#381923: rpcinfo: can't contact portpammer: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused

[Stephen Gran]

This one time, at band camp, Marc Haber said:
> And here is the attachment.

> Index: debian/changelog
> ===================================================================
> --- debian/changelog	(revision 645)
> +++ debian/changelog	(working copy)
> @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
>  adduser (3.96.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
>  
>    * NOT RELEASED YET
> +  * Don't show rpcinfo -p errors to the user.
> +    Thanks to Michael Prokop. Closes: #381923
>  
> - -- Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de>  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:08:01 +0000
> + -- Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de>  Tue,  8 Aug 2006 09:07:58 +0000
>  
>  adduser (3.96) unstable; urgency=low
>  
> Index: AdduserCommon.pm
> ===================================================================
> --- AdduserCommon.pm	(revision 645)
> +++ AdduserCommon.pm	(working copy)
> @@ -20,8 +20,12 @@
>      } elsif(-f "/etc/init.d/nis") {
>          $nisconfig = "/etc/init.d/nis";
>      }
> +    # find out whether a local ypserv is running
> +    # We can ditch any rpcinfo error since if the portmapper is nonfunctional,
> +    # we couldn't connect to ypserv anyway. If this assumption is invalid,
> +    # please file a bug and suggest a better way.
>      if(defined($nisconfig) && -f "/var/yp/Makefile" &&
> -        -x "/usr/bin/rpcinfo" && grep(/ypserv/, qx{/usr/bin/rpcinfo -p})) {
> +        -x "/usr/bin/rpcinfo" && grep(/ypserv/, qx{/usr/bin/rpcinfo -p 2>/dev/null})) {
>  	open(NISCONFIG, "<$nisconfig");
>  	if(grep(/^NISSERVER=master/, <NISCONFIG>)) {
>              system("make", "-C", "/var/yp");

/me approves.
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