Re: [gentoo-dev] /etc/services

[Ovidiu Ghinet]

it is coming form baselayout package..

i noticed the same thing not that there are lesser port but that there are 
different names...



On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Wolfram Schlich wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the Gentoo /etc/services file is way smaller, than the one from SuSE
> and the one from IANA:
> --8<--
> prometheus etc # wc -l services.* | head -n 3
>     362 services.Gentoo
>    8103 services.IANA
>    5113 services.SuSE
> prometheus etc # du -h services.*
> 15K     services.Gentoo
> 330K    services.IANA
> 207K    services.SuSE
> prometheus etc #
> --8<--
>
> Where does the Gentoo file come from? Is it self made, is it taken
> from some BSD or maybe Debian?
> I believe it's a good idea to use such a large /etc/services as the
> one from IANA, as it acts as kinda port encyclopedia, at least for
> me, sometimes :)
>
> Something I've also noticed is that there are services names which
> differ, like:
>
> 	Gentoo: pop-3
> 	IANA: pop3
> 	SuSE: pop3
>
> Why the heck?! This renders some configuration files unusable for
> interchaning in between SuSE and Gentoo machines without manual
> interference :-(( Also the IANA AFAIK is the authoritative institution
> for assigning service names to ports.
>
> I've put up all three files at:
>
> 	http://wolfram.schlich.org/tmp/gentoo/services.Gentoo
> 	http://wolfram.schlich.org/tmp/gentoo/services.IANA
> 	http://wolfram.schlich.org/tmp/gentoo/services.SuSE
>
> Why not use the /etc/services from IANA? I'm already doing that... :)
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