Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:59:54 +0200 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ports registering services in /etc/services and services_mkdb Message-ID: <4FD0C1EA.6040209@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4FD0BED3.9090009@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FD0BC9E.1090504@FreeBSD.org> <4FD0BED3.9090009@FreeBSD.org>
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On 2012-06-07 16:46, Doug Barton wrote: > On 06/07/2012 07:37 AM, Olli Hauer wrote: >> Hi, >> >> during an update to 8.3 I notice mergemaster from 8.3 is >> building a database from /etc/services with services_mkdb. >> >> However the ports framework does not provide an automation >> to rebuild this database, even I haven't seen any port which >> triggers a rebuild. > > Ports should not be adding entries to /etc/services. > > Doug > I don't think it is practical to patch all the ports like like bacula , spamd and others to not use getservbyname and hardcode the required ports?
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