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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Why does bind-tools 9.18 depend on bind?
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:45:59 -0000 (UTC)
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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?

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?

--
Grant