In a message dated: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 14:35:37 EDT
Benjamin Scott said:
> Still there, AFAIK. Haven't looked in BIND V9. I don't use nslookup
>anymore.
It's still there, however they've added a "helpful reminder" that:
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.
It was nice of them to add the -sil[ent] option I suppose.
>> What was wrong with it?
>
> It is known to give misleading, incomplete, or outright incorrect answers
>in certain failure modes. Since one often uses DNS query tools when things
>are broken, it led to much confusion.
Then why not fix it? Why "deprecate" a tool which is as old as BIND
itself, and which everyone has become used to using?
> I use "host" when I want a quick, friendly answer, and "dig" when I want
>to know exactly what the DNS server is spewing.
That's fine, and I have no complaint to adding new tools which do
things differently or more efficiently, etc. Just don't remove the
old ones that are still useful.
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