The default port for conserver is 782, while gentoo compile it `--with-port=7782` When I'm connecting to other console server, I have to specify the port with `-p 782`, otherwise it will fail with 'console: connect(): 7782@****: No route to host'. This is undesired. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. console -V Actual Results: console: conserver.com version 8.1.18 console: default initial master server `localhost' console: default port referenced as `7782' console: default escape sequence `^Ec' console: default site-wide configuration in `/etc/console.cf' console: default per-user configuration in `$HOME/.consolerc' console: options: libwrap, openssl, gssapi, pam console: openssl version: OpenSSL 1.0.1g 7 Apr 2014 console: built with `./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --libdir=/usr/lib64 --with-openssl --with-pam --with-libwrap --without-dmalloc --with-gssapi --with-logfile=/var/log/conserver.log --with-pidfile=/var/run/conserver.pid --with-cffile=conserver/conserver.cf --with-pwdfile=conserver/conserver.passwd --with-master=localhost --with-port=7782' Expected Results: no '--with-port=7782' http://www.conserver.com/docs/conserver.man.html −p port Set the TCP port for the master process to listen on. This may be either a port number or a service name. The default port, ‘‘conserver’’ (typically 782), may be changed at compile time using the --with-port option. If the --with-uds option was used, this option is ignored.
don't know the history, but may I ask why should we change the port? is there any conflicts? as I can tell, this change will just result in this error..
(In reply to Yixun Lan from comment #1) > don't know the history, but may I ask why should we change the port? > is there any conflicts? > > as I can tell, this change will just result in this error.. /etc/services does not describe neither 782 nor 7782 port, --with-port was added back in 2003. I can not see why we should not stick to the program defaults in this case, so i am for dropping --with-port from ebuild and leave apropriate note in pkg_postinst about this
dan, can you discuss this with the other developers and find a solution together, so that we can close this eventually?
From the original ebuild (7.2.3) on the original bug # 8652: > # Conserver normally uses port 782 for its client/server, but > # this should restrict itself to the local machine only, on a > # non-privledged port (7782). In my opinion we should keep the current behavior port using 7782: 1. Upstream shouldn't be using 782. It isn't assigned. 2. Conserver shouldn't need to run with higher privileges just to use a system port. 3. The package has been configured this way since its inception in Gentoo 14.5 years ago. (This configuration was a conscious choice, not a mistake.) I'm not arguing against changing it to maintain the status quo. I don't think changing (breaking) the default for all Gentoo users to make it more familiar/easier for non-Gentoo use cases is justifiable. 4. An alias is an easy workaround for non-Gentoo use cases.
