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Date:      Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:53:04 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
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 
Message-ID:  <200101150853.f0F8r4Q01821@mobile.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <200101150817.AAA02492@spammie.svbug.com> 

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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



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