Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 10:44:56 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: May you please add alias for nslookup? Message-ID: <l3b260$m6n$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <52DAE42E-7A58-4A38-9FF4-3DF51866057D@ancientrocklab.com> References: <52DAE42E-7A58-4A38-9FF4-3DF51866057D@ancientrocklab.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 12/10/2013 08:10, zhifeng hu wrote: > I am noticed that the nslookup will not appear by default in freebsd 10. > but this is a very basic tools, we need it very much more than you think. > would you please add alias for nslookup ? such as > alias nslookup="host -v" > > NOT FORCE USER TO INSTALL dns/bind-tool > > It's not good for human use experiences. nslookup is a very different tool, it has an interactive mode which is not available in e.g. the "host" utility and a specific output format (scripts will break if they attempt to parse the output of host -v as if it is coming from nslookup). But I agree that something should be done - maybe a script which checks if /usr/local/bin/nslookup exists, then executes it, and if it doesn't exist then outputs a message explaning the user what has happened and optionally invoking "host" or "dig". [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iKYEARECAGYFAlJZDAlfFIAAAAAALgAoaXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3Bl bnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDYxNDE4MkQ3ODMwNDAwMDJFRUIzNDhFNUZE MDhENTA2M0RGRjFEMkMACgkQ/QjVBj3/HSxUlgCgpA5ijlAiQZFllilt9ujuj/sb CB8AnRIhQ+/zQRhkFR+JeM3vFTgn6XmG =8ho+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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