Once upon a time, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbys...@in.waw.pl> said: > getservbyname would use /etc/services, but I'm not sure how widely it is used. > A lot of code just hardcodes a specific number… Local configuration for > port numbers is a concept that only works if somebody synchronizes the > file across machines, which is unlikely to happen. > > Similarly for /etc/protocols… Code would generally use a define, not > resolve the protocol number from a string. > > I removed both files on a machine and rebooted and there are no > messages or any other indiciation that this makes a difference. > > And in particular in the initrd, they are just not neeed.
Just checking one thing, NFS uses getservbyname, so they are needed, and needed in the initrd for NFS root. -- Chris Adams <li...@cmadams.net> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
