Re: [bug-inetutils] Tests leave inetd running

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > /etc/protocols is required to map names to ports and protocols by the
   > GNU C library.  This is a serious bug in how nixos installs the GNU C
   > library, since the GNU C library depends on this file for
   > getprotobyname to work; the same goes for /etc/services.  This is not
   > something we can fix directly on our side, other than maybe handling
   > it more gracefully since we simply use getprotbyname and its friends.

   Just to clarify here, it is actually not a NixOS issue. NixOS does
   provide /etc/protocols and /etc/services. However in our Hydra
   buildfarm we usually build in a chroot environment where these
   files are not available. In general that is a good idea as it makes
   sure there are no hidden dependencies.

Then the Hydra buildfarm is broken, these files are required for a
working system and not including them is a _serious_ problem in how
you create your build infrastructure.