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Date:      Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:57:10 +0100
From:      Igor Mozolevsky <igor@hybrid-lab.co.uk>
To:        zhifeng hu <zf@ancientrocklab.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: May you please add alias for nslookup?
Message-ID:  <CADWvR2jRmo6GVEwLwecPUTD_ufJ48zL-o0=_9zHGXvC4Yoko7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12 October 2013 07:10, zhifeng hu <zf@ancientrocklab.com> 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.
>

Hasn't nslookup been deprecated by ISC a long time ago?.. I remember a long
time ago when I installed ISC's bind &c that every time I ran nslookup I
got a massive notice stating that nslookup's been deprecated and I should
use dig instead....


-- 
Igor M.



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