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Date:      Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:42:36 -0400
From:      Frank Laszlo <laszlof@tvog.net>
To:        Johnson David <davidjohnson@siemens.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bind within src-contrib
Message-ID:  <434D4B0C.5060104@tvog.net>
In-Reply-To: <6F2F8FD3FBCF7A489CB18912A4807EBA015190FD@mvwcim1a.acuson.com>
References:  <6F2F8FD3FBCF7A489CB18912A4807EBA015190FD@mvwcim1a.acuson.com>

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Johnson David wrote:

>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.
>>    
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>
>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".
>  
>
Note. I said "personally." I use these tools to debug network 
configuration issues which are essential for me to even install ports in 
most cases.


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