Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@lists.veego.de> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:14:33PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> 
>> Matthias Drochner <drochner@netbsd.org> writes:
>> > Modified Files:
>> > 	src/etc: services
>> >
>> > Log Message:
>> > add SIP
>> > (not going to import everything from IANA, but this is an increasingly
>> > popular one)
>> 
>> If we make our libc use a .db file for /etc/services, it should be
>> safe to import the entire IANA file -- and probably a good idea, too.
>
> As long as it it easy to add new local entries.

Er, you would edit /etc/services and rebuild, like you do with passwd
and other such stuff?

> And how much overhead would that cause on busy servers?

Much less, of course.

Perry