Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:27:12 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIND in the base Message-ID: <4AB9E9F0.3020500@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200909230906.n8N96KZU004384@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200909230906.n8N96KZU004384@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > 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. Actually I had to go look at CVS (I couldn't work out how to get svn to tell me who removed it) to see who took it out and when. I don't recall any discussion of this, and while it may have been the right answer, I think it was poorly handled. It seems it was pretty much a single person's decision, and I object to that as it did go against POLA. It should have been discussed more at least. > > Please let BIND stay. And sendmail, too. > > Best regards > Oliver >
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