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Bloat for bloat's sake

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Subject: Bloat for bloat's sake
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 16:53:52 -0400

Our installed /etc/services file is 3.4MB.  Debian's is 13K.  Stripping
ours down to fields 1 and 2 gets it to 213K, which I still want to make
smaller for embedded use, but... ouch!

-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls%panix.com@localhost
  "Indeed, someone who is a citizen in a democracy is often not one in
   an oligarchy."
					- Aristotle, Politics III.1

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