Comment 2 for bug 227881

One further problem with the tftpd-hpa package is that it depends on inet-superserver despite being able to run perfectly well without one. I discovered with some surprise that openbsd-inetd had been dragged in somehow, and attempts to purge it would remove tftpd-hpa.

The relationship between tftpd-hpa and inet-superservers really needs to be re-thought. I wish to run it as a standalone daemon, and I do not want inetd on my systems.

Furthermore, the feedback from /etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa left no clue that it had failed to bind to UDP port 69 (thanks to inetd claiming it) beyond lack of a newline. Perhaps the init script could provide better feedback about the daemon/inetd situation even if nothing else is done.