From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 07:45:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C3537B48B; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 07:45:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from regina.plastikos.com (216-107-106-250.wan.networktel.net [216.107.106.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12E4943FB1; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 07:45:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-156-171-156.jan.bellsouth.net [66.156.171.156]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by regina.plastikos.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8646EEB9; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 10:45:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 534D120F28; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:45:00 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:45:00 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20030610144500.GS28798@over-yonder.net> References: <200306092302.h59N2qFx085168@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306092302.h59N2qFx085168@freefall.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/53077: Update /etc/services 4031 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 14:45:09 -0000 On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 04:02:52PM -0700 I heard the voice of Doug Barton, and lo! it spake thus: > > Because each new services entry has a non-zero impact on lookups, > we generally don't add new ones unless there is a compelling reason. Might it be time to consider smooshing services into a db file, like passwd and termcap and such? Or would that just make a hash of the whole thing? ;) -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"