From owner-cvs-etc Fri Aug 23 00:36:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-cvs-etc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA03903 for cvs-etc-outgoing; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:36:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA03878; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA14611; Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:35:26 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199608230735.AAA14611@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc services To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 00:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Cc: asami@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-etc@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199608230708.JAA29310@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Aug 23, 96 09:08:06 am" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-etc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > As Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > > Add skkserv (1178/tcp) and sj3 (3086/tcp). They are both Japanese > > > kanji input servers. > > > > Have these been assigned in the RFC's/IAN, if not they should probably not > > go in FreeBSD's /etc/services. > > I don't have the assigned numbers RFC handy, but i think there are > already a lot of non-assigned numbers in /etc/services. After all, > this file does IMHO not constitute a list of ``blessed'' numbers, but > merely acts as a human translation tool. Thus, being exhaustive is > more important than restricting to assigned numbers. No harm will > arise out of this. You ever tried to decode the output of netstat -a?? When /etc/services is used as a reverse map to convert port numbers to names these extra bogus service entries cause folks like me heartache. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD