The following reply was made to PR misc/11532; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@weird.com>
To: NetBSD GNATS submissions and followups <gnats-bugs@netbsd.org>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/11532: a script to keep /etc/protocols up-to-date
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 19:10:15 -0500 (EST)

 attached is an updated version of my script, plus a "new" manual page for it.
 
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 echo x - update-protocols.sh
 sed 's/^X//' >update-protocols.sh << 'END-of-update-protocols.sh'
 X#! /bin/sh
 X#
 X#ident "@(#)$NetBSD$"
 X#
 X#	update-protocols
 X#
 X# retrieve the official protocol-numbers from IANA and transform
 X# it into a unix-style /etc/protocols file
 X#
 X# Note that the IANA file is kinda messy and needs some fancy fixing up!
 X#
 X# This script last updated for IANA input hacking on 2005/02/07.
 X#
 X# Written 2000/11/19 by Greg A. Woods  <woods@planix.com>
 X#
 X# Copyright is hereby assigned to the Public Domain
 X
 XSOURCE_URL="ftp://ftp.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers"
 X
 Xcat <<EOF
 X#	\$NetBSD\$
 X#
 X# Internet (IP) protocols -- see protocols(5)
 X#
 X# Updated on $(date)
 X# using $0
 X# from $SOURCE_URL
 X#
 X# name          P# alias(es)      # comment                         [reference]
 X#------------- --- -------------- ---------                         -----------
 X#
 Xip               0 IP             # internet protocol         [pseudo protocol]
 XEOF
 X
 Xftp -a -V -o - $SOURCE_URL |
 X	expand |
 X	tr '\r' '\n' |
 X	sed -E -e '1,/^---/d'		\
 X	    -e 's/://g'			\
 X	    -e 's/^ +//'		\
 X	    -e 's/ +$//'		\
 X	    -e '/^$/d'			\
 X	    -e '/^REFERENCES/,$d' |
 X	sed -E -e '/^(61|63|68|99|114|253|254|255) /s/^([0-9]*) /\1 PRIV-\1/'	\
 X	    -e '/^124 /s/ISIS over IPv4 /ISIS-IPv4   ISIS over IPv4/'		\
 X	    -e '/^135 /s/Mobility Header {21}/IPv6-MBLTY-HDR IPv6 Mobility Header/' |
 X	sed -E -e 's/^([ ]*[0-9]+) [ ]*([^ ]+) [ ]*/\1:\2:/' |
 X	awk -F: '
 Xfunction print_entry(number, name, comment)
 X{
 X	# traditionally the all-lower version of the official name is used
 X	# as the official name on Unix and we keep the real official name
 X	# in preserved case as an alias
 X	#
 X	printf("%-14s %3d %-14s # %s\n", tolower(name), number, name, comment);
 X}
 X
 X# first:  check for, and fill in, the/any unassigned range
 X#
 X$1 ~ /Unassigned/ {
 X	sub(/[ ]*Unassigned/, "", $1);
 X	split($1, rng, "-");
 X	for (i = rng[1]; i <= rng[2]; i++) {
 X		print_entry(i, toupper(sprintf("unasgnd-%d", i)), $3);
 X	}
 X	next;
 X}
 X
 X# then:  ignore the multi-line comments that sometimes appear
 X#
 X$2 == "" {
 X	# XXX ideally we would append these to the previous line
 X	next;
 X}
 X
 X# the "normal" entries
 X#
 X{
 X	# type co-ersion
 X	#
 X	$1 = $1 + 0;
 X
 X	# extraneous error checking
 X	#
 X	if ($1 > 255) {
 X		printf("#");
 X		$3 = sprintf("ILLEGAL NUMBER! - %s", $3);
 X	}
 X
 X	if ($1 == 4) {
 X		$2 = "IPENCAP";	# should have alias "IP-ENCAP" and/or "IP-IP"?
 X	}
 X	if ($1 == 89) {
 X		$2 = "OSPF";	# should have alias "OSPFIGP"?
 X	}
 X	if ($1 == 253) {
 X		$2 = "EXPERIMENTAL-253";
 X	}
 X	if ($1 == 254) {
 X		$2 = "EXPERIMENTAL-254";
 X	}
 X	if ($1 == 255) {
 X		$2 = "RESERVED-255";
 X	}
 X
 X	print_entry($1, $2, $3);
 X}'
 END-of-update-protocols.sh
 echo x - update-protocols.8
 sed 's/^X//' >update-protocols.8 << 'END-of-update-protocols.8'
 X.\"
 X.\" Written 2000/11/19 by Greg A. Woods  <woods@planix.com>
 X.\"
 X.\" Copyright is hereby assigned to the Public Domain
 X.\"
 X.Dd February 7, 2005
 X.Dt UPDATE-PROTOCOLS 8
 X.Os
 X.Sh NAME
 X.Nm update-protocols
 X.Nd update /etc/protocols from the official published list
 X.Sh SYNOPSIS
 X.Nm
 X.Sh DESCRIPTION
 XThe
 X.Nm
 Xprogram retrieve the official protocol-numbers from IANA and transforms
 Xit into output in the form of
 X.Xr protocols 5 ,
 Xsuitable for replacing the content of
 X.Pa /etc/protocols .
 X.Sh FILES
 X.Bl -tag -width /etc/protocols -compact
 X.It Pa /etc/protocols
 X.El
 X.\"
 X.\".Sh EXAMPLES
 X.\"
 X.\".Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 X.\"
 X.Sh SEE ALSO
 X.Xr protocols 5
 X.Pp
 X.Aq Li URL:ftp://ftp.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers
 X.\"
 X.\"
 X.Sh STANDARDS
 XThis command does not adhere to any known standards, but it does try to
 Xtranslate an IANA published standard into a usable configuration file.
 X.\"
 X.\".Sh HISTORY
 X.\"
 X.Sh AUTHORS
 XGreg A. woods
 X.Aq Li woods@planix.com
 X.\"
 X.Sh BUGS
 X.\"
 XThe IANA file is kinda messy and needs some fancy fixing up!
 END-of-update-protocols.8
 echo x - Makefile
 sed 's/^X//' >Makefile << 'END-of-Makefile'
 X#ident	"$Name$:$Id$"
 X
 XMAN=	update-protocols.8
 XSCRIPTS=update-protocols
 X
 X.include <bsd.prog.mk>
 END-of-Makefile
 exit