Control: block -1 by 717069 Hi Robert,
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014, at 22:37, Robert Edmonds wrote: > Package: knot-dnsutils > Version: 1.4.3-2 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I'd like to be able to directly compare three of the "domain information > groper" tools available in Debian: dig from the dnsutils (src:bind9) > package, drill from the ldnsutils (src:ldns) package, and kdig from the > knot-dnsutils (src:knot) package. > > However, while dnsutils and ldnsutils can be installed simultaneously, > knot-dnsutils conflicts with dnsutils because it ships a /usr/bin/dig: > > lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2014-02-18 07:48 ./usr/bin/dig -> kdig > > I think "dig" is more of a BIND-specific command name than a genericized > command name like "ping", I think that dig, nsupdate & host commands are more like ping > so it would be nice if these packages could be > co-installable somehow, even if kdig implemented exactly the same > command-line interface as src:bind9's dig. But I agree with you that the co-installability is desired. I think that update-alternatives system might be best. I'll prepare patch for bind9 and cross-finger so LaMont has enough time. You compare this to vi (it's provided by vim.$variant, nvi and who knows what else) and it doesn't provide exactly the same environment. I think that same logic might apply here. O. -- Ondřej Surý <ond...@sury.org> Knot DNS (https://www.knot-dns.cz/) – a high-performance DNS server -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
