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Date:      Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:39:47 +0200
From:      "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
To:        Mark Felder <feld@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: May you please add alias for nslookup? 
Message-ID:  <201310141239.r9ECdlIX002506@fire.js.berklix.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message "Sat, 12 Oct 2013 12:40:56 CDT." <1381599656.13750.33215025.2D6F9352@webmail.messagingengine.com> 

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> > Removing src/contrib/bind9 from FreeBSD-10 will get criticised as:
> >  "Calls itself a server OS, but no name server out of the box!"
> > 
> > Please resist periodic urges to strip src/ towards just a tool set
> > capable of rebuilding itself.  Tossing expected tools (even if a
> > port is more up to date & secure) will annoy users, & potential
> > immigrants from other Unixes may try then toss FreeBSD.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Julian
> 
> I don't think anyone can explain this better than the last post DES put
> on his blog about it
> 
> http://blog.des.no/2013/09/dns-again-a-clarification/


Thanks Mark. Useful insight.

Cheers,
Julian
-- 
Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com
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