From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jan 15 0:53:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mobile.wemm.org (c1315225-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [65.0.135.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBE1337B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:53:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mobile.wemm.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f0F8r4Q01821; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:53:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <200101150853.f0F8r4Q01821@mobile.wemm.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: opentrax@email.com Cc: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/24307: man page for inetd(8) missing /etc/protocols in FIL ES section In-Reply-To: <200101150817.AAA02492@spammie.svbug.com> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:53:04 -0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org opentrax@email.com wrote: > > > On 14 Jan, David Malone wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 06:57:08PM -0800, opentrax@email.com wrote: > > > > Sorry - I closed this PR accidently. I was going to point out that > > inetd doesn't use /etc/protocols, because it does not have to > > translate protocol names to protocol numbers. The tokens "tcp", > > "udp", ... used in inetd.conf are parsed by inetd as it has no > > need to know any protocol numbers. > > > > If this seems OK, then I'll leave the PR closed. > > > Can I get a commit on the documentation? > Even if is has no real use for inetd(8), it should > be documented becuase it's mentioned. > This provides consistent style. > > Commit and close would be the appropriate action. There is no need. There is no point adding a '/etc/protocols' to the FILES list since inetd does not use the '/etc/protocols' file. At best it would be misinformation. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message