[nslookup being deprecated] On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 01:58:44PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> I don't mean to ask about the meaning of the word deprecated, but > rather, is nslookup being deprecated a LINUXy thing, or is that > going to happen in FreeBSD too? No, it's neither Linux nor BSD derived. BIND is developed by the Internet Software Consortium (http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/), and they are the people responsible for that decision. Most Unix vendors ship ISC Bind code and applications standard with their OSes, plus there are quite a few shrink-wrap products based on ISC code, which explains why nslookup(1) has been such a long time a-dying. FreeBSD uses a pretty straight port of ISC BIND to provide named(8), host(1), dig(1) etc., (but AFAIK doesn't use the straight BIND resolver code in libc) -- so nslookup(1) will disappear from FreeBSD when ISC releases (and then FreeBSD imports) a BIND version without it. Same probably goes for most Linux distributions. 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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