Embedded Linux from Source - Version GIT-0.0.1-20130818-mips

Chapter 7. Installing Basic System Software

7.5. Iana-Etc-2.30

The Iana-Etc package provides data for network services and protocols.

7.5.1. Installation of Iana-Etc

Iana-Etc comes with outdated data and IANA has changed the download location used to obtain up-to-date data. Apply the following patch to use more up to date data and to correct the download location: 

patch -Np1 -i ../iana-etc-2.30-update-1.patch
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If you have an internet connection and would like even more up-to-date data to be used when building Iana-Etc, execute: 

make get

The following command converts the raw data provided by IANA into the correct formats for the /etc/protocols and /etc/services data files: 

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Install the package: 

make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install

7.5.2. Contents of Iana-Etc

Installed files: /etc/protocols and /etc/services

Short Descriptions

/etc/protocols

Describes the various DARPA Internet protocols that are available from the TCP/IP subsystem

/etc/services

Provides a mapping between friendly textual names for internet services, and their underlying assigned port numbers and protocol types