What happened to nslookup?

[Allan Jude]

On 2013-10-16 05:44, Daniel Kalchev wrote:
>
> On 16.10.13 08:42, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>
>> nslookup(1) was deprecated about a decade ago because it often provides
>> misleading results when used for DNS troubleshooting. It generally works
>> fine for simply turning a name to an address or vice-versa.
>>
>> People should really use host(1) for simple lookups. It provides the
>> same
>> information and does it in a manner that will not cause misdirection
>> when
>> things are broken.
>
> Of course, host(1) is not a replacement for nslookup(1).
>
> nslookup is interactive, while host is not. This makes for a big
> difference in many usage scenarios.
>
> The decision to remove bind from base was poor, and not well
> communicated. Let's hope it will be reverted.
>
> Daniel
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Bind 10 requires python. There is a good reason it was removed from base.

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Allan Jude