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| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/dns.scm | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/dns.scm b/gnu/packages/dns.scm index 5e65eed7ed..800d2dca34 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/dns.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/dns.scm @@ -375,15 +375,18 @@ and BOOTP/TFTP for network booting of diskless machines.") (with-directory-excursion "fuzz" (invoke "make" "check")) #t))))) - (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. The @code{utils} -output of this package contains the following DNS name servers related command -line utilities: + (synopsis "@acronym{DNS, Domain Name System} implementation") + (description "BIND implements the @acronym{DNS, Domain Name System} +protocols for the Internet. It is both a reference implementation of those +protocols and production-grade software, suitable for use in high-volume and +high-reliability applications. + +The name 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 command line +utilities related to DNS name servers: + @table @code @item delv DNS lookup and validation utility |