From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 29 23:26:20 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 074FED45 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:26:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from moku60.aloha50.net (moku60.aloha50.net [66.180.132.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6BC12C6 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:26:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by moku60.aloha50.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C4091702D; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:17:37 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <52E98C10.7060408@hdk5.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:17:36 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Leonhardt Subject: Re: Why was nslookup removed from FreeBSD 10? References: <52E40CC4.6090401@fjl.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <52E40CC4.6090401@fjl.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:26:20 -0000 Frank Leonhardt wrote: > Unbelievable, but true - someone somewhere thought that removing > nslookup from the base system was the way to go. > > Why? Can anyone shed any light on how this decision was made? > > That's the question. The remainder are a few observations to save an > obvious response... > > nslookup has been deprecated in some quarters for while now, with that > annoying message asking people to use dig instead, although ISC changed > its mind on this point after BIND 9.8. That's not a reason, and anyway, > dig is missing too. > > Was it dropped because it's part on BIND, and that's been dropped from > the base system (bad idea if you ask me, but no one did)? Well, as far > as I can tell, this move has left us having to use "host" instead, and > that's part of the BIND package too. > > What's next? Will someone get the bright idea that "ls" is a bit dated > and/or unfamiliar to Microsofties and replace it with "dir"? (And EVEN > WINDOWS has nslookup). > > If I wanted an OS that lacked features such as DNS out of the box, I'd > have chosen Linux. > > Regards, Frank. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Aloha Frank, FWIW: I just had to use nslookup and dig. I am working on moving a DNS for a mail server from an ATM setup to inside of a lan with a public IP from my ISP. Both tools are what Zone Edit uses on their servers. So I am going to add the /usr/ports/dns/bind-tools when I replace my current Desktop BSD boxes to FreeBSD10. AL :) ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol