Unable to query the nameserver
Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris)
andris at aernet.ru
Wed Oct 6 17:47:57 UTC 2010
Hello Kevin,
Wed, 06 Oct 2010 07:47:41 -0700 "Kevin Oberman" wrote:
> I keep hoping for a BIND distro that upgrades nslookup(1) to:
> print STDERR, "nslookup(1) has been replaced by host(1)\n"; exit 0;
Short answer: never.
> I've been wishing that nslookup would go away since back in BIND-v4
> days. I could save a lot of troubleshooting time if I didn't get
> trouble reports based on the use of nslookup that is misleading or
not
> completely bogus.
What about any scripts and tools that rely on the expected behaviour
and output of nslookup? Just think about the amount of such legacy and
sometimes obsolete *but working* software. Who would be responsible for
migration so the newer DNS tools would be used instead of nslookup? :)
Note: I'm not talking about my own scripts and tools (I'm using dig
and/or host whenever possible).
--
Yours sincerely,
Andrey G. Sergeev (AKA Andris) http://www.andris.name/
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