May you please add alias for nslookup?

[Igor Mozolevsky]

On 12 October 2013 18:57, Igor Mozolevsky <igor at hybrid-lab.co.uk> wrote:

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> On 12 October 2013 07:10, zhifeng hu <zf at ancientrocklab.com> wrote:
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>> 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"
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>> NOT FORCE USER TO INSTALL dns/bind-tool
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>> It's not good for human use experiences.
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> 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....
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This is the message:

Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
Consider using the 'dig' or 'host' programs instead. Run nslookup with
the '-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.


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Igor M.