Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:39:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/53077: Update /etc/services 4031 Message-ID: <20030611143723.U26376@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> In-Reply-To: <20030610144500.GS28798@over-yonder.net> References: <200306092302.h59N2qFx085168@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030610144500.GS28798@over-yonder.net>
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On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> 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?
Please see the extensive discussion of this topic in the archives.
Making the db is the easy part... converting all consumers of that
information to read it from the db is not.
However, if you want to take that project on, I'd be happy to provide
guidance and assistance. I'm sure nectar would also be interested since
he is working in similar areas with nss.
Doug
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