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Re: Service names on machines with bad service files
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Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: Service names on machines with bad service files |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:07:28 -0400 |
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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 2) Somehow determine that the OS doesn't know what "imaps" is, and use
>> "993" as a fallback. I have no idea whether that's easy to do.
>
> This would be very easy to do. It would mean making a new C-level
> function that basically just calls getservbyname and returns the port
> number. So nnimap would the call `open-network-stream' with
> (or (service-port-number "imaps") 993).
>
> That sounds quite nice, doesn't it?
I'd rather use just 993. Doing (or (service-port-number "imaps") 993)
doesn't really make sense. OTOH, no one will ever change the service
names from their standard values, so the value will always be 993
anyway.