The point is apt-get let me installed it with a warning, but doesn't want to let me install anything else without removing the conflicting package it accepted to install.
> > E.g.: With no httpd installed, install the apache package, > apache will > > listen on 0.0.0.0:80; now install the thttpd package, it'll > work fine, > > but no thttpd daemon will run afterwards, because it fails > to bind to > > 0.0.0.0:80, see syslog; reboot the machine, and you'll be > surprised to > > see the thttpd daemon run, and not apache, because thttpd > gets started > > first. > > So? It's up to the adminstrator to configure the packages after > installation. > > The default of 0.0.0.0:80 may work as expected in some cases, but the > package maintainer cannot guarantee this. And that has nothing to do > with other installed packages. The maintainer just can't know what > the administrator expects. > > Yes, this does go for the ftpds too. I don't see any reason why > you'd want more than one, but I don't really see any reason to impose > the restriction either. If the ftpds can be configured to listen to > anything else than 0.0.0.0:21, then the administrator should be > allowed to install more than one of them. > > A warning about the need for manual configuration in the case of a > port/address conflict is probably a good idea, though. NOTICE: This email contains privileged and confidential information and is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this transmission by mistake and delete this communication from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. AVIS: Le présent courriel contient des renseignements de nature privilégiée et confidentielle et nest destiné qu'à la personne à qui il est adressé. Si vous nêtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes par les présentes avisés que toute diffusion, distribution ou reproduction de cette communication est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez en aviser immédiatement lexpéditeur et le supprimer de votre système. Notez que la transmission de courriel ne peut en aucun cas être considéré comme inviolable ou exempt derreur puisque les informations quil contient pourraient être interceptés, corrompues, perdues, détruites, arrivées en retard ou incomplètes ou contenir un virus.
