Re: [gentoo-dev] How to add a service to /etc/services?

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sunday 07 October 2007, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
> I've found the following interesting piece of code in src_install
> of both app-emacs/lookup and net-misc/ndptd:
>
> 	if ! $(grep 2010/tcp /etc/services >/dev/null 2>&1) ; then
> 		cp /etc/services ${T}/services
> 		cat >>${T}/services<<-EOF
> 		ndtp		2010/tcp			# Network Dictionary Transfer Protocol
> 		EOF
> 		insinto /etc
> 		doins ${T}/services
> 	fi

these packages need to get shot in the head ... those will cause package 
collisions

> Which leads me to the question: What is the recommended way to add a
> service to /etc/services?

have the port properly registered with IANA and then baselayout will integrate 
the updates

> And shouldn't "getent" (or even "egetent")
> be used to determine if it already exists?

no, because that implies it's ok having anything other than baselayout or the 
user modify the file
-mike