Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:19:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/17532: "host" only prints A records by default Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003221118270.80512-100000@dt051n0b.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <200003221600.IAA34098@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR bin/17532; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: bin/17532: "host" only prints A records by default
> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:56:09 +0200
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:51:08 CST, Dan Nelson wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> While you may find it annoying, I think it's better to keep our BIND as
> consistent as possible with the distribution than it is to make its
> behaviour less annoying.
Better still would be to contact the BIND authors and see if the
change was intentional, and lobby to change it back in either case. We're
not operating in a vacuum here people. :)
With BIND 8.2.3 set to go gold "soon" time is of the essence here.
Doug
--
"While the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems,
it would be easier sometimes to change the past"
- Jackson Browne, "Fountain of Sorrow"
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