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Date:      Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:26:51 -0700
From:      Johnson David <davidjohnson@siemens.com>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bind within src-contrib
Message-ID:  <6F2F8FD3FBCF7A489CB18912A4807EBA015190FD@mvwcim1a.acuson.com>

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From: Frank Laszlo [mailto:laszlof@tvog.net]

> How would you like a system with no host(1), dig(1), or nslookup(1)? I 
> personally consider these tools essential for a freebsd system.

Are these utilities used anywhere else in FreeBSD, such as the startup
scripts? Are they something required by the vast majority of users? If not,
I wouldn't consider them "essential". That doesn't mean I would move them to
ports, as there's a lot of other non-essential software in the base system
(biff, indent, etc.).

David



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