CC: lamont@debian.org
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Subject: command-line namespace collision: "delve"
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Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:55:09 -0400
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From: Robert Edmonds <edmonds@debian.org>
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Hi,

Per the BIND 9.10.0rc1 release notes:

   "delve" (domain entity lookup and validation engine) is a new
   tool with dig-like semantics for looking up DNS data and performing
   internal DNSSEC validation.  This allows easy validation in
   environments where the resolver may not be trustworthy, and
   assists with troubleshooting of DNSSEC problems.  [RT #32406]

Unfortunately, there is already a "delve" command shipped by the Xapian
project.  This will cause a conflict for Linux distributions like Debian
and Ubuntu; two different packages cannot both ship a "/usr/bin/delve"
file without conflicting.  (Per Debian policy, since the commands have
completely different functionality, one of them would have to be
renamed.)

I recommend that ISC rename the "delve" command.  Or perhaps negotiate
with the Xapian project for the rights to the "delve" command name :-)

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds@debian.org