8.2. iana-etc 20260409
iana-etc provides current network services and protocol name tables for `/system/configuration`.
Input assumption: iana-etc-20260409.tar.gz is already present in /sources from the chapter 4 source staging step.
Source URL: https://github.com/Mic92/iana-etc/releases/download/20260409/iana-etc-20260409.tar.gz
Licenses:
- MIT
Dependencies:
- musl (libc)
iana-etc is a generated dataset of current IANA service and protocol assignments. we need it to provide services and protocols entries used by the target system's network configuration files.
Extract and Enter the Source Tree
cd /sources
tar -xf iana-etc-20260409.tar.gz
cd iana-etc-20260409
Install iana-etc data files
cp services protocols /system/configuration
After this step is complete, you can remove the extracted source directory and source tarball from
/sources if you do not plan to reuse them.
Command Explanations
cd /sources,tar -xf, andcd iana-etc-...: Enter the staged iana-etc source tree.cp services protocols /system/configuration: Installs the network service and protocol registries used by libc and network tools.