Re: [bug-inetutils] netstat

[Mats Erik Andersson]

onsdag den 30 november 2011 klockan 10:44 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
> address@hidden (Alfred M. Szmidt) writes:
> 
> >    NixOS has complained with us for demanding use of netstat, which
> >    their build daemon does not provide.  On the other hand, NixOS does
> >    not even provide "/etc/services", which makes any testing of
> >    network code utterly pointless, breaking the needed library calls.
> >
> > True that, that is a serious bug in NisOS which makes it totally
> > unusable for our purposes.
> 
> Where does InetUtils require a /etc/services?

The library call getservbyname(3) does so, and we are using it!

> POSIX doesn't require a /etc/services file as far as I recall.
> 
> I can't find any references to /etc/services except for in the InetUtils
> manual.
> 
> If InetUtils really require a /etc/services file I think we should
> document that.  I'd prefer if there were no such requirement though.

Regards,
  Mats