On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > [nslookup being deprecated] > >
> OK. It is just that when something gets labeled "deprecated" often > there is a note indicating that put in the man page, but I didn't see > one for nslookup. ISC announced the deprecation of nslookup(1) as part of the major rewrite before the release of Bind9. If you install the Bind9 port you will find that there isn't a nslookup(1) man page any more. Also, running nslookup(1) emits the following message: % /usr/local/bin/nslookup 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. and the BIND9 documentation includes this statement: Due to its arcane user interface and frequently inconsistent behavior, we do not recommend the use of nslookup. Use dig instead. These notices will no doubt appear in the base system when BIND 9 is imported. Currently FreeBSD ships with BIND 8.3.7: what the plans are for importing Bind 9 I do not know. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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