bug#1182: [BusyBox] bug#1182: [PATCH] - add explicit name server option to nslookup.c + minor other fix

[David Douthitt]

Benjamin Zeckel wrote:
> 
> Package: busybox
> Version: CVS
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> This is a different patch than the one I just sent a few days ago.
> 
> This patch alters nslookup.c and usage.h to add a explicit nameserver
> option to nslookup
> 
> nslookup www.site.com = lookup www.site.com using /etc/resolv.conf DNS servers
> nslookup www.site.com my.dns.server.net = lookup www.site.com with explicit
> DNS server my.dns.server.net
> nslookup a b c ... = show usage for more than 2 arguments as according to
> standard nslookup, that is an error

I would suggest that this is non-GNU behavior.  To provide this sort
of function (and more) I would prefer a new dig applet.  Then you
could:

dig www.site.com @my.dns.server.net

The original dig also is supposed to lookup up names in a much more
realistic manner compared to the traditional nslookup (though I'm not
sure why).  I would like support for (at least):

dig <name>
dig <name> @<server>
dig -x <ip>

Perhaps more as I look, but these are what I use most often....