this workaround allowed installation to proceed for me:
touch /etc/init.d/nis
apt-get install nis
rm /etc/init.d/nis.dpkg-bak
Apparently it is assuming that the nis startup file exists, but it
doesn't actually matter what's in it.
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package fails to configure on failing to find /etc/init.d/nis
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