Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 23:18:55 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dig command ? Message-ID: <20150427231855.ff176f66.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <553EA687.2040602@fjl.co.uk> References: <552001C0.6040304@gmail.com> <553EA687.2040602@fjl.co.uk>
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On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:13:43 +0100, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > On 04/04/2015 16:22, Ernie Luzar wrote: > > running 10.1 and went to use the dig command and its no longer part of > > the system. Why was it removed? > [...] > If you want > nslookup or dig you DON'T have to install the whole BIND package as is > often suggested; just find nslookup.c (it's in the same directory as > host and dig on the ISC source bundle) and compile and copy in to /usr/bin. You'll also find nslookup and dig in the port dns/bind-tools, this way you can keep it managed by pkg or your ports management tool of choice. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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