On May 10,  1:31pm, reed@reedmedia.net ("Jeremy C. Reed") wrote:
-- Subject: Re: /etc/services entries (was: CVS commit: src/etc)

| > | http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-userlevel/2006/10/08/0004.html
| > | 
| > | I also recall the consensus as leaving this file small...
| > | 
| > 
| > We are still discussing this. Some people want the option to have a small
| > version.
| 
| Some implementations of nsswitch.conf handle getservent(3). Maybe it could 
| be extended to choose a file or to use a db.

We are already using a db [in current].

christos