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Masked: This package is masked.

Reason: Stub since Bind 9.18. Maintaining a separate build just for the client binaries proved brittle and unsustainable (see discussion in bug #832218 for details). Please use net-dns/bind instead. Other options include net-dns/cares-tools, net-libs/ldns's drill, and net-dns/doggo. Removal on 2026-08-15. Bug #977172.

Masked by Sam James on 2026-07-16

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a net-dns/bind-tools

Package Information

Description:: bind tools: dig, nslookup, host, nsupdate, dnssec-keygen
Homepage:: https://www.isc.org/bind/ https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9
License:: Apache-2.0 BSD BSD-2 GPL-2 HPND ISC MPL-2.0

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords	Slot
9.18.0	8	~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86	0

Metadata

Maintainers

Patrick McLean (chutzpah@gentoo.org) - Type: person

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- cpe: cpe:/a:isc:bind

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Patrick McLean</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="gssapi">Enable gssapi support</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:isc:bind</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] Ebuild 9.18.0 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 11.
[Warning] USE flag 'caps' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'idn' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'libedit' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'readline' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'xml' in ebuild 9.18.0 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Repository is missing a repo-name in metadata/layout.conf or profiles/repo_name
[Notice] Package has only unstable keywords for arch(es): [ alpha, hppa, loong, m68k, mips, riscv, s390, sparc ], all versions are unstable: [ 9.18.0 ]
[Error] Missing or unparsable Manifest file

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p net-dns/bind-tools | euse -E <flag> -p net-dns/bind-tools | euse -D <flag> -p net-dns/bind-tools

Flag	Description	9.18.0
caps	Use Linux capabilities library to control privilege	⊕
doc	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally	✓
gssapi	Enable gssapi support	✓
idn	Enable support for Internationalized Domain Names	✓
libedit	Use the libedit library (replacement for readline)	✓
readline	Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants	✓
xml	Add support for XML files	✓