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From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
Subject: Re: misc/27195: /etc/services file out of date
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The following reply was made to PR misc/27195; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, sean@chittenden.org
Subject: Re: misc/27195: /etc/services file out of date
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:00:42 -0700

 The /etc/services file is sparse by design. Having the entire list of valid
 services from IANA in there would slow down various system functions that
 look up service names/ports/etc. 
 
 If there is a specific item that you need added for some reason, feel free
 to state your case, however there has historically been resistance to
 adding the whole enchilada.
 
 Doug

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