Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:37:49 +0200 From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> Subject: Re: Why was nslookup removed from FreeBSD 10? Message-ID: <201401252137.50132.mark.tinka@seacom.mu> In-Reply-To: <52E40CC4.6090401@fjl.co.uk> References: <52E40CC4.6090401@fjl.co.uk>
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--nextPart1567129.qSjGgZx2VF Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, January 25, 2014 09:13:08 PM Frank Leonhardt=20 wrote: > Unbelievable, but true - someone somewhere thought that > removing nslookup from the base system was the way to > go. >=20 > Why? Can anyone shed any light on how this decision was > made? If you read: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.0R/relnotes.html Under the "2.3. Userland Changes" section, you will notice: "BIND has been removed from the base system. unbound(8), which is maintained by NLnet Labs, has been imported to support local DNS resolution functionality with DNSSEC. Note that it is not a replacement of BIND and the latest versions of BIND is still available in the Ports Collection. With this change, nslookup and dig are no longer a part of the base system. Users should instead use host(1) and drill(1) Alternatively, nslookup and dig can be obtained by installing dns/bind-tools port. [r255949]" So install /usr/ports/dns/bind-tools and you're a happy guy. As to the philosophy of it all, no point arguing. Fait=20 accompli. Mark. --nextPart1567129.qSjGgZx2VF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABAgAGBQJS5BKOAAoJEGcZuYTeKm+GyYUP/RDSxeyaev0tS8YmbkpPVhwd t2/mTPlqJ+9qC4FNh18aDZnXGm1Y+uSk/a81t039YfYxmUqpt+e+GGXrYeRmgXG5 Jab+jUKhhaP5GNm/aihsix2IN104Z6AJ8qZ99K+HU8HkPj570iX9oWFzoOKXVZlY 5zuObKdw6SDww3qJHWqPrOZJ0L7wQ/NnZveaBw+pCBhDBViEXdwa4ZvMNANrjC5o A1fHyVfxM9MMb50cm7UuStSFN+ZdF0/LE/BE1Al0AHoY4g5fzj4s4QleyoDm6ZEA oTAychiOL+54RH/nQXaTzYneIjtT0J5UdJ1r5X0OXkEnrymVvZOG4mv1i2LKcKCC 69wO/s0OxdzpQdWlmQaiTV5yCpyAzv9NDc+ynnxwf9P86vUO3bIegioZbNps5Cf9 sO0XhBqeSnNvSTFODZXDyIq9NmDr91akykROrx0natIUbLLgITqRHbx3kSX2nnSB rgX1jZd2fbgkskEy5DnfJtpgW4qjLY5axGpOwBOXlOQY9U64KPSUH1Y1nl9aGm/u /uSq5hIkd1PM1v9Nl2ocaSQ/mkimHl5tU9Sx84D7UUbaC5odgsPKe2n9jBvR+OM+ JZFrjyvCzFcTEMXkSP3Woa2qbIjt063S5wzq4IF0YB9ZMK+brZVtohrrK4CFApfR OCIHKXjdh8k7sHUKuoqN =wgMH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1567129.qSjGgZx2VF--
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