Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:14:20 -0400 From: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What happened to nslookup? Message-ID: <525EAD4C.10701@allanjude.com> In-Reply-To: <525E600B.1010505@digsys.bg> References: <0E.82.01315.25778525@cdptpa-oedge03> <20131011221302.GH1611@albert.catwhisker.org> <54.9B.16944.480B8525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131012022825.GJ1611@albert.catwhisker.org> <525B3F33.4030103@freebsd.org> <CAN6yY1urgs-YEZ-1CirWTCNtGf5g0Qd2pFuhjLST_9oPWZ=Pjg@mail.gmail.com> <525E600B.1010505@digsys.bg>
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On 2013-10-16 05:44, Daniel Kalchev wrote: > > On 16.10.13 08:42, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> >> nslookup(1) was deprecated about a decade ago because it often provides >> misleading results when used for DNS troubleshooting. It generally works >> fine for simply turning a name to an address or vice-versa. >> >> People should really use host(1) for simple lookups. It provides the >> same >> information and does it in a manner that will not cause misdirection >> when >> things are broken. > > Of course, host(1) is not a replacement for nslookup(1). > > nslookup is interactive, while host is not. This makes for a big > difference in many usage scenarios. > > The decision to remove bind from base was poor, and not well > communicated. Let's hope it will be reverted. > > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Bind 10 requires python. There is a good reason it was removed from base. -- Allan Jude
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