svn commit: r258714 - head

[Peter Wemm]

On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Author: rodrigc
> Date: Thu Nov 28 19:13:05 2013
> New Revision: 258714
> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/258714
>
> Log:
>   Add some text to clarify that nslookup and dig are no longer in the base system
>   after the removal of BIND.
..
> -       available in the ports tree.
> +       available in the ports tree.   The dns/bind99 port is one example.
> +
> +       With this change, nslookup(1) and dig(1) are no longer in the base
> +       system.  Users should instead use host(1) which is still
> +       in the base system.  Alternatively, nslookup and dig can
> +       be obtained by installing the dns/bind-tools port.

It might also be worth pointing to drill(1).  It can be used as a
partial alternative for dig in some common use cases.  It does
different things but it does understand some common dig syntax.

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