Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 10:52:44 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: aledm@pavilion.co.uk (Aled Morris) Cc: steve@news.netdtw.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: More 2.1 Fixit disk PROBLEM (fwd) Message-ID: <199602141752.KAA25488@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199602140945.JAA16156@deputy.pavilion.co.uk> from "Aled Morris" at Feb 14, 96 09:09:52 am
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> At 21:06 11/02/96 -0500, Steve Corso wrote: > >Ok...Well, I was on the right track. You do need the /etc/services and > >/etc/protocols files, but AH!!, you need to put links up to them since > >the fixit gets moved to /mnt2. > > I would prefer it if the versions of Ping, Telnet etc. on the fixit floppy > were more robust in the absence of these "informational" files. > > i.e. if the getservbyname fails, use a hardwired service port. > > Is there a good reason why the *standard* versions of Ping, Telnet etc. > don't do this? Good defaults makes robust software. Shouldn't these "hacks" go into "getservbyname" instead of each and every program seperately? In case of failure, you could relookup in a small internal table. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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