From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 22 8: 0: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D4D37C03B for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:00:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA34093; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:00:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:00:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003221600.IAA34093@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Dan Nelson Subject: Re: bin/17532: "host" only prints A records by default Reply-To: Dan Nelson Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/17532; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dan Nelson To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/17532: "host" only prints A records by default Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:51:08 -0600 In the last episode (Mar 22), Sheldon Hearn said: > On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:39:09 CST, dnelson@emsphone.com wrote: > > > One of the BIND updates changed the default behaviour of the "host" > > command. It used to print both A and MX records for the address > > queried, but now it only prints the A record. You have to run > > "host -t mx" to get MX info. The manpage still says the old > > behaviour is the default. > > Wouldn't it be better to update the manual page to describe the new > behaviour? This would keep host on FreeBSD consistent with host on > other platforms running the same version of BIND. But I'd rather see the old behaviour :) It annoys me on other platforms with Bind 8, but this one I can at least change. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message