Honestly, I care little about the incompatibility because we are already different.
However I do not think this is any "easier" - I never use /etc/services because frankly I can't predict what other non-openbsd systems will have in it. even openssl s_client doens't add code complexity to do this - and that's saying something ;) so frankly, I'd rather not. /etc/services is frankly IMO, obsolete.. nobody looks up shit by name out of there anymore On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: >> This diff allows users to use the name of a service in /etc/services >> instead of a port number when using netcat. Hopefully, this will make >> using netcat easier for some users. > > I don't see how it makes it easier. There are a number of netcat > versions out there, mostly trying to be somewhat compatible. On a > whim, this introduces an incompatibility --> scripts become less > portable. >
