Re: [gentoo-user] Why does bind-tools 9.18 depend on bind?

[Matt Jolly <kangie@gentoo.org>]

Hi Grant,

On 25/10/24 04:45, Grant Edwards wrote:
> Portage suddenly wants to install net-dns/bind so it can update
> bind-tools from 9.16 to 9.18. I've always had bind-tools installed,
> but it has never required that I install the bind server and its
> dependencies (for which I have no use). Older versions of bind-tools
> didn't require bind. The ebuilds for bind-tools 9.20 that I've found
> at on overlays don't require bind.
> 
> What's so special about bind-tools 9.18 that it has to have bind
> installed?


The commit that added 9.18.0[1] gives some context:

  >This is just a proxy for net-dns/bind. Splitting the ebuilds is *way* too
  >fragile and gains nothing because the same software gets built again 
anyway,
  >just thrown away at the end.

> Is there another package that will provide a command line dns lookup
> tool that can be used for troubleshooting that doesn't require me to
> install a DNS server all of its extra faff?
> 

Try net-dns/doggo[2]


1: 
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/commit/754524d4345dd41ff9e31cba85afb4f104a9815a
2: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/net-dns/doggo