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Date:      Mon, 15 Jan 2001 01:09:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      opentrax@email.com
To:        peter@netplex.com.au
Cc:        dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie, bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: docs/24307: man page for inetd(8) missing /etc/protocols in FIL ES section 
Message-ID:  <200101150909.BAA02569@spammie.svbug.com>
In-Reply-To: <200101150853.f0F8r4Q01821@mobile.wemm.org>

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On 15 Jan, Peter Wemm wrote:
> 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.
> 
Wait. How is this misinformation? I must be missing something.

				Jessem.





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