Re: Use of /etc/services?

From: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Use of /etc/services?
Date: 2002-06-07 06:01:42
Message-ID: Pine.NEB.4.43.0206071450510.430-100000@angelic.cynic.net
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Since we now have an official entry in /etc/services, shouldn't we be able
> > to make use of it, by using getservbyname() if a nonnumeric port number is
> > specified?
>
> Is any OS actually shipping us in /etc/services?

NetBSD will be, as of 1.7, though the 1.7 release is a while away yet.
(Sorry, I didn't find out about this in time to get it into for 1.6,
which is just about to be released.)

cjs
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