From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 23 09:06:38 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17378106566B for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:06:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933E78FC17 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:06:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8N96L33004385; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:06:36 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8N96KZU004384; Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:06:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:06:20 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200909230906.n8N96KZU004384@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@wemm.org In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-arch User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:06:36 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: BIND in the base X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:06:38 -0000 Peter Wemm wrote: > On the subject of host/dig/nslookup. We had an old 'host' and > 'nslookup' that were replaced with bind's heavyweight versions. > Perhaps those could be revived and refreshed? > > The functionality of 'host' that I care about is: > [...] The functionality of 'host' (and 'dig') that I care about is the fact that it ignores /etc/hosts and nsswitch.conf and always uses DNS. This feature has been invaluable for me for debugging DNS issues. BTW, it's a pity window(1) was removed from base. The removal breaks several scripts of mine, particularly ones that are specifically designed to run without any ports installed. Please let BIND stay. And sendmail, too. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd It's trivial to make fun of Microsoft products, but it takes a real man to make them work, and a God to make them do anything useful.