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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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