Re: incorrect entries in /etc/netconfig

[Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>]

Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> Sorry for taking soo long to address this...
>>
>> Chuck Lever wrote:
>>> Hi Steve-
>>>
>>> I'm trying out setconfigent() and friends from the new libtirpc.
>>>
>>> It looks like the entries in the stock /etc/netconfig on Fedora are
>>> incorrect compared with Solaris.  My Fedora 8 system has this:
>>>
>>> udp        tpi_clts      v     inet     udp     -       -
>>> tcp        tpi_cots_ord  v     inet     tcp     -       -
>>> udp6       tpi_clts      -     inet6    udp6     -       -
>>> tcp6       tpi_cots_ord  -     inet6    tcp6    -       -
>>>
>>> but my OpenSolaris 2008.5 system has this:
>>>
>>> udp6       tpi_clts      v     inet6   udp    /dev/udp6       -
>>> tcp6       tpi_cots_ord  v     inet6   tcp    /dev/tcp6       -
>>> udp        tpi_clts      v     inet    udp    /dev/udp        -
>>> tcp        tpi_cots_ord  v     inet    tcp    /dev/tcp        -
>>>
>>> Note the contents of the fifth field in each row.  The Fedora netconfig
>>> has "udp6" and "tcp6" as the protonames, which I think is incorrect.
>>> These should be "udp" and "tcp".  Only the netids (the first field)
>>> should have the extra "6" suffix.  The protocol names should always be
>>> "udp" or "tcp", no matter which address family is used.
>>>
>>> Can you fix this up in the libtirpc package?
>> It is in later releases... to be honest I'm not sure how
>> it got that way.. It did not seem to be broken in the
>> stock F8 (libtirpc-0.1.7-12), F9 or rawhide packages
> 
> FYI: I just hit this again on a fairly fresh F9 install.
> 
> I wonder if installing libtirpc-devel breaks /etc/netconfig?
Is there a /etc/netconfig.rpmnew file? 

steved.