On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:07:34 Ionut Biru wrote: > On 03/20/2013 11:05 AM, Thomas Bächler wrote: > > Am 20.03.2013 04:50, schrieb Gaetan Bisson: > >> Consequently, official packages using > >> [dnsutils](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/dnsutils/) > >> were migrated to > >> [ldns](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/ldns/), > >> a much nicer library which provides a `drill` command > >> that replaces `dig`, `nslookup`, and `host`. > > > > Wait, I think I misunderstood your original email. I was under the > > impression that ldns provides drop-in replacements for the commands. > > > > This is not the case and thus I will have no 'host' command anymore. Not > > that I particularly rely on dnsutils, but I imagine *everyone* expects > > the 'host' command to exist. > > > > > > host and dig are tools that I use every day and they are the standard. > > i don't see why they should be dropped just because bind (as in the > server) doesn't suite you well now. > > why cannot we keep the tools?
I'd +1 for keeping dnsutils 9 as is in the repos for now, if my vote counts :P Felix Yan Twitter: @felixonmars Wiki: http://felixc.at
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