On Sat, 7 Dec 1996 13:13:26 -0500 (EST) 
 Jason Wright <jason@Postgres95.Vnet.Net> wrote:

 > >Environment:
 > 	NetBSD/pmax ypinit makefile
 > System: NetBSD logical 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (NEWCONF) #3: Wed Dec 4 15:26:15 PST 1996 jason@logical:/usr/src/sys/arch/pmax/compile/NEWCONF pmax
 > 
 > 
 > >Description:
 > 	The build process for ypinit dies on 'make install' if /var/yp
 > 	doesn't exist.
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > 	make build (with no /var/yp)
 > >Fix:

This is not a bug.  I posted to current-users some time ago that folks
will want to make sure and update their /etc/netstart and /etc/rc
files, since /var/yp would always exist.

The relevant entry from doc/CHANGES is:

	Added the ypserv suite written by Mats O Jansson, with
		some changes by me.  Changed the way YP daemons
		are started in /etc/rc.  [thorpej 960809] 

ypserv, ypbind, and friends now depend on configuration variables
set in /etc/netstart.

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