Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:13:52 +0000 From: Aled Morris <aledm@pavilion.co.uk> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: More 2.1 Fixit disk PROBLEM (fwd) Message-ID: <199602151710.RAA27119@deputy.pavilion.co.uk>
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At 10:52 14/02/96 -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: >> i.e. if the getservbyname fails, use a hardwired service port. > >Shouldn't these "hacks" go into "getservbyname" instead of each and >every program seperately? I don't think so - there should be a conscious programmer decision to code defensively in the event of a service failure, and the return from getservbyname should be authoratative (not an educated guess :-) In this way the "hack" would also be more visible to anyone debugging their application. Aled -- telephone +44 973 207987
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