Sheldon Hearn <sheld...@uunet.co.za> writes: > If we fix this in inetd, we get what we want. If we fix this in > getservbyport() we may get something that we don't want, namely > applications that relay on the existing behaviour of the function stop > working as intended.
I don't see in what way an application could break if getservbyname() suddenly accepted numeric port specifications. It won't ``stop working as intended'', it'll keep on working as it always used to, plus a little more. It'll also make it a darn sight easier to parse port specifications e.g. from the command line. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - d...@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
