Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:20:00 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: Michael Bushkov <bushman@rsu.ru> Subject: [HEADS UP] upcoming /etc/services updating Message-ID: <44529510.6030704@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <002401c66b0a$44c230e0$01655050@jersey> References: <002401c66b0a$44c230e0$01655050@jersey>
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Michael Bushkov wrote: > - getservXXX() functions now work through nsdispatch(). "files", "nis" > and "compat" nsswitch sources are implemeted. "sources" and > "sources_compat" databases can now be specified in nsswitch.conf. The > idea of "services_compat" database is the same as for "passwd_compat" > and "group_compat": if we find "+" in /etc/services, we'll substitute it > with information received from the "services_compat" database's source. Now that searching through a large /etc/services file is no longer a performance bottleneck, I intend to merge most of IANA's port assignment list into our /etc/services some time in mid-May. If anyone objects to this, please let me know now. Colin Percival
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