From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 31 14:14:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E387A14C23 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 14:14:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11AgSN-000Hzk-00; Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:14:15 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Doug Cc: Matthew Dillon , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:05:14 MST." Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 23:14:15 +0200 Message-ID: <69175.933455655@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:05:14 MST, Doug wrote: > I still haven't heard anyone answer the two key (IMO) questions. Your questions are easier answered in reverse order: > and how do you justify the additional cost to parse the file for every > single system call that uses it? The information is part of the comments within the file. The cost is in disk space, and it's cheaper than fleabites. > Why is it better to have this in the file than in a man page, Since it costs nothing to have it in /etc/services, why not leave it there along with the information with which it's associated? The alternative is to have a manpage that contains most of the information in /etc/services! > My only concern is that putting it IN the file has more costs than > benefits. What am I missing here, that I don't see a cost? What software scans the lines in /etc/services beyond the comment delimiter, other than null terminator searches? So far, I've had some great advice on this issue (although I think it's time the thread took a long walk off a short pier), so I definitely have my ears open. I'm just having trouble either understanding or believing what I'm hearing. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message