Re: Service names on machines with bad service files

[chad]

On Sep 19, 2011, at 12:07 PM, Chong Yidong wrote:
> 
> 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.

I've no idea if there's any need to do so anymore, but I've worked in 
systems (predating ssl) where we changed the service numbers in 
/etc/services.  I imagine that it's rare, but if anyone cares, it seems
like (defconst imaps-port 993) is cheap and easy.

*Chad