Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 17:09:01 +0800 From: zhifeng hu <zf@ancientrocklab.com> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: May you please add alias for nslookup? Message-ID: <6AED7CCF-6A89-422D-9411-3AE6F26227CE@ancientrocklab.com> In-Reply-To: <l3b260$m6n$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <52DAE42E-7A58-4A38-9FF4-3DF51866057D@ancientrocklab.com> <l3b260$m6n$1@ger.gmane.org>
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OK=EF=BC=8C I am system administrator, I manage a server cluster for = years, i really need nslookup tools to diagnostic the network health. i = thought there be many more people here will be in trouble. Who will be affected by this change, may be the system administrators. = may be the normal users. After upgraded their system or reinstall system, they found their lovely = tools disappeared. Every changes should be clear and help people out the trouble. No trouble,no Suffering please. On Oct 12, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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=20 >> alias nslookup=3D"host -v" >>=20 >> NOT FORCE USER TO INSTALL dns/bind-tool=20 >>=20 >> It's not good for human use experiences. >=20 > 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". >=20 zhifeng hu
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