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Date:      02 Aug 1999 13:22:38 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
Cc:        gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, committers@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org, sheldonh@uunet.co.za
Subject:   Re: Mentioning RFC numbers in /etc/services
Message-ID:  <xzpoggq2zr5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Daniel Eischen's message of "Mon, 2 Aug 1999 07:16:28 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <199908021116.HAA06757@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > The correct way to do this is to fix getservbyname() so it accepts
> > port numbers.
> Are you sure this is what you want?

Yes.

>                                      It may allow an application to
> use a port number that would otherwise be invalid.

Please elaborate.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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