BIND in the base

Oliver Fromme olli at lurza.secnetix.de
Wed Sep 23 09:06:38 UTC 2009


Peter Wemm wrote:
 > On the subject of host/dig/nslookup.  We had an old 'host' and
 > 'nslookup' that were replaced with bind's heavyweight versions.
 > Perhaps those could be revived and refreshed?
 > 
 > The functionality of 'host' that I care about is:
 > [...]

The functionality of 'host' (and 'dig') that I care about
is the fact that it ignores /etc/hosts and nsswitch.conf
and always uses DNS.  This feature has been invaluable
for me for debugging DNS issues.

BTW, it's a pity window(1) was removed from base.
The removal breaks several scripts of mine, particularly
ones that are specifically designed to run without any
ports installed.

Please let BIND stay.  And sendmail, too.

Best regards
   Oliver

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