Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: misc/11796: Bad lines in 3.2-RELEASE inetd.conf] Message-ID: <199906211850.LAA96849@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/11796; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, alex@wnm.net Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: misc/11796: Bad lines in 3.2-RELEASE inetd.conf] Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:42:46 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 11:12:26 MST, Doug wrote: > > > Can you point out exactly what part of the man page that you are > > referring to that contradicts what the inetd man page says? Have you > > checked the actual code for inetd to verify that it will work with > > services aliases? > > Certainly. From services(5): ... Quoting the part of the man page that says there are such a thing as aliases does not refute the part of the inetd man page that says even though there are such a thing as aliases, you can't use them for internal services. > > In my experience, and in the experience of the PR poster it *is* > > necessary to use the canonical name of the service, however if you can > > check the code, test it thoroughly and determine that inetd works > > perfectly well with aliases, then feel free to change the man page for > > inetd. > > Since the manpage supports my experience thus far, I really can't see > how you'd put the burden of proof on me. :-) You are really really missing my point here, so I will state it again. If you have carefully examined the code for *every* case of *every* internal service, and you have tested it thoroughly, and you are 100% sure that the man page is in error, change the man page. If all of the above is not true, you should change the example for ident in the sample conf file because even IF it works, even if it works *100%* of the time for YOU, there is an outstanding PR that shows it doesn't work for everybody, and there is absolutely no justification for leaving an example in the conf file that conflicts with the man page. (No justification other than the ubiquitous, "We've always done it that way.") I sincerely hope that I've made myself sufficiently clear on this. If you are still confused, please feel free to respond. Thanks, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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