[411] in Hesiod
Re: Question re: port number in hesservbyname.c
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas M. Payerle)
Tue Apr 24 12:36:37 2001
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:35:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Thomas M. Payerle" <payerle@physics.umd.edu>
To: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
cc: "Thomas M. Payerle" <payerle@phys-mail1.physics.umd.edu>, hesiod@MIT.EDU
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> Currently, the hesiod_getservbyname man page just references the
> getservbyname man page; given that decision, I don't think it's really
> the business of the hesiod_getservbyname man page to point out
> non-obvious characteristics of the servent structure.
>
Thanks for the edification. As for the man pages, apparently the set on my
DEC system are the culprit--- just reread all of the servent related pages
and only getservbyport mentions byte order (and that for the input parameter).
Really bad considering that that is a system where it makes a difference.
And as it seemed so counter-intuitive, I didn't bother checking other system's
man pages (which do clearly state this quirk). Thanks.
Tom Payerle
Dept of Physics payerle@physics.umd.edu
University of Maryland (301) 405-6973
College Park, MD 20742-4111 Fax: (301) 314-9525
