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diff --git a/gnu/packages/dns.scm b/gnu/packages/dns.scm index f96eeda029..cb850745ca 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/dns.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/dns.scm @@ -177,14 +177,28 @@ and BOOTP/TFTP for network booting of diskless machines.") (with-directory-excursion "fuzz" (invoke "make" "check")) #t))))) - (synopsis "An implementation of the Domain Name System") + (synopsis "Domain Name System (DNS) implementation") (description "BIND is an implementation of the @dfn{Domain Name System} (DNS) protocols for the Internet. It is a reference implementation of those protocols, but it is also production-grade software, suitable for use in -high-volume and high-reliability applications. The name BIND stands for -\"Berkeley Internet Name Domain\", because the software originated in the early -1980s at the University of California at Berkeley.") - (home-page "https://www.isc.org/downloads/bind") +high-volume and high-reliability applications. The name BIND stands for +\"Berkeley Internet Name Domain\", because the software originated in the +early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley. The @code{utils} +output of this package contains the following DNS name servers related command +line utilities: +@table @code +@item delv +DNS lookup and validation utility +@item dig +DNS lookup utility +@item host +DNS lookup utility +@item nslookup +Internet name servers interactive query utility +@item nsupdate +Dynamic DNS update utility +@end table") + (home-page "https://www.isc.org/bind/") (license (list license:mpl2.0)))) (define-public dnscrypt-proxy |