Date: 02 Aug 1999 13:27:44 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.org, committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services Message-ID: <xzpn1wa2zin.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn's message of "Mon, 02 Aug 1999 13:21:07 %2B0200" References: <79378.933592867@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> writes: > If we fix this in inetd, we get what we want. If we fix this in > getservbyport() we may get something that we don't want, namely > applications that relay on the existing behaviour of the function stop > working as intended. I don't see in what way an application could break if getservbyname() suddenly accepted numeric port specifications. It won't ``stop working as intended'', it'll keep on working as it always used to, plus a little more. It'll also make it a darn sight easier to parse port specifications e.g. from the command line. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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