From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 5 9: 0:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 09:00:32 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE95B37B400 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:00:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA25166; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 18:00:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des@ofug.org) Sender: des@ofug.org X-URL: http://www.ofug.org/~des/ X-Disclaimer: The views expressed in this message do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation or company with which I am or have been affiliated. To: Brandon Fosdick Cc: Yusuf Goolamabbas , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nslookup deprecation [was 4.2 complaint] References: <20001205133817.A24228@outblaze.com> <3A2D1C5A.3234E4C5@glue.umd.edu> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 05 Dec 2000 18:00:22 +0100 In-Reply-To: Brandon Fosdick's message of "Tue, 05 Dec 2000 11:48:26 -0500" Message-ID: Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brandon Fosdick writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > "Recently"? nslookup has been officially deprecated for about a year > > and a half, I believe. > Will a replacement be added to the base distro? When? 1) nslookup is still in the base FreeBSD distribution, and will probably be for a long time. 2) use dig(1), which is a lot more useful (and less magical). DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message