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Port details on branch 2026Q2
bind-tools Command line tools from BIND: delv, dig, host, nslookup...
9.20.23 dns on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 9.20.23Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: mat@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2026-05-20 16:09:53
Last Update: 2026-05-20 16:03:41
Commit Hash: 0740613
Also Listed In: net
License: MPL20
WWW:
https://www.isc.org/bind/
Description:
The user space command line tools from the latest version of BIND: delv, dig, host, nslookup, nsupdate It also includes various dnssec related tools: dnssec-dsfromkey, dnssec-importkey, dnssec-keyfromlabel, dnssec-keygen, dnssec-revoke, dnssec-settime, dnssec-signzone, dnssec-verify
Homepage    cgit ¦ Codeberg ¦ GitHub ¦ GitLab ¦ SVNWeb - no subversion history for this port

Manual pages:
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/bind-tools-9.20.23/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/bind-tools-9.20.23/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/bind-tools-9.20.23/MPL20
  4. bin/arpaname
  5. bin/delv
  6. bin/dig
  7. bin/dnssec-cds
  8. bin/dnssec-dsfromkey
  9. bin/dnssec-importkey
  10. bin/dnssec-keyfromlabel
  11. bin/dnssec-keygen
  12. bin/dnssec-ksr
  13. bin/dnssec-revoke
  14. bin/dnssec-settime
  15. bin/dnssec-signzone
  16. bin/dnssec-verify
  17. bin/dnstap-read
  18. bin/host
  19. bin/mdig
  20. bin/named-rrchecker
  21. bin/nsec3hash
  22. bin/nslookup
  23. bin/nsupdate
  24. lib/bind-tools/libdns.so
  25. lib/bind-tools/libdns-9.20.23.so
  26. lib/bind-tools/libisc.so
  27. lib/bind-tools/libisc-9.20.23.so
  28. lib/bind-tools/libisccc.so
  29. lib/bind-tools/libisccc-9.20.23.so
  30. lib/bind-tools/libisccfg.so
  31. lib/bind-tools/libisccfg-9.20.23.so
  32. lib/bind-tools/libns.so
  33. lib/bind-tools/libns-9.20.23.so
  34. share/man/man1/arpaname.1.gz
  35. share/man/man1/delv.1.gz
  36. share/man/man1/dig.1.gz
  37. share/man/man1/dnssec-cds.1.gz
  38. share/man/man1/dnssec-dsfromkey.1.gz
  39. share/man/man1/dnssec-importkey.1.gz
  40. share/man/man1/dnssec-keyfromlabel.1.gz
  41. share/man/man1/dnssec-keygen.1.gz
  42. share/man/man1/dnssec-ksr.1.gz
  43. share/man/man1/dnssec-revoke.1.gz
  44. share/man/man1/dnssec-settime.1.gz
  45. share/man/man1/dnssec-signzone.1.gz
  46. share/man/man1/dnssec-verify.1.gz
  47. share/man/man1/dnstap-read.1.gz
  48. share/man/man1/host.1.gz
  49. share/man/man1/mdig.1.gz
  50. @comment share/man/man1/named-checkconf.1.gz
  51. @comment share/man/man1/named-checkzone.1.gz
  52. @comment share/man/man1/named-compilezone.1.gz
  53. @comment share/man/man1/named-journalprint.1.gz
  54. @comment share/man/man1/named-nzd2nzf.1.gz
  55. share/man/man1/named-rrchecker.1.gz
  56. share/man/man1/nsec3hash.1.gz
  57. share/man/man1/nslookup.1.gz
  58. share/man/man1/nsupdate.1.gz
  59. @comment share/man/man5/named.conf.5.gz
  60. @comment share/man/man5/rndc.conf.5.gz
  61. @comment share/man/man8/ddns-confgen.8.gz
  62. @comment share/man/man8/filter-a.8.gz
  63. @comment share/man/man8/filter-aaaa.8.gz
  64. @comment share/man/man8/named.8.gz
  65. @comment share/man/man8/rndc-confgen.8.gz
  66. @comment share/man/man8/rndc.8.gz
  67. @comment share/man/man8/tsig-keygen.8.gz
  68. @owner
  69. @group
  70. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • bind-tools>0:dns/bind-tools
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/dns/bind-tools/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install dns/bind-tools
  • pkg install bind-tools
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: bind-tools
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1779288266 SHA256 (bind-9.20.23.tar.xz) = 5d4475aed3f9e500ef554b2b14d972bdb83d33de214a9b3be92918ea46908371 SIZE (bind-9.20.23.tar.xz) = 5837532

No package information for this port in our database
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Master port: dns/bind920
Dependencies
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
Build dependencies:
  1. pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
  2. autoconf>=2.73 : devel/autoconf
  3. automake>=1.18.1 : devel/automake
  4. libtoolize : devel/libtool
Library dependencies:
  1. libnghttp2.so : www/libnghttp2
  2. liburcu.so : sysutils/liburcu
  3. libuv.so : devel/libuv
  4. libfstrm.so : devel/fstrm
  5. libprotobuf-c.so : devel/protobuf-c
  6. libidn2.so : dns/libidn2
  7. libedit.so.0 : devel/libedit
This port is required by:
for Run
  1. dns/bind9-devel
  2. dns/bind920

Configuration Options:
===> The following configuration options are available for bind-tools-9.20.23: DNSTAP=on: Provides fast passive logging of DNS messages FIXED_RRSET=off: Enable fixed rrset ordering IDN=on: International Domain Names support LARGE_FILE=off: 64-bit file support ====> GSSAPI Security API support: you have to select exactly one of them GSSAPI_BASE=on: Using MIT in base GSSAPI_HEIMDAL=off: Using security/heimdal (nsupdate is broken) GSSAPI_MIT=off: Using security/krb5 GSSAPI_NONE=off: Disable ===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Options name:
dns_bind-tools
USES:
autoreconf compiler:c11 cpe gnome libedit libtool pkgconfig ssl tar:xz gssapi iconv
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  2. ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  3. ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/network/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  4. ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  5. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  6. ftp://ftp.nominum.com/pub/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  7. ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/net/isc/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  8. ftp://ftp.ripe.net/mirrors/sites/ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  9. ftp://ftp.task.gda.pl/mirror/ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  10. ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/net/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
  11. https://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/
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Number of commits found: 2

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
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CommitCreditsLog message
9.20.23
20 May 2026 16:03:41
commit hash: 07406130807e46c1f38b7157fddbd82971669544commit hash: 07406130807e46c1f38b7157fddbd82971669544commit hash: 07406130807e46c1f38b7157fddbd82971669544commit hash: 07406130807e46c1f38b7157fddbd82971669544 files touched by this commit
Mathieu Arnold (mat) search for other commits by this committer
dns/bind9-devel: update to 9.21.22

Changes:	https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.21.22/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-21-22
Security:       CVE-2026-3592, CVE-2026-3039, CVE-2026-5946,
		CVE-2026-5950, CVE-2026-5947, CVE-2026-3593
(cherry picked from commit 074766800a3726261e66db0e93b668fc8f93514a)
9.20.23
20 May 2026 16:03:07
commit hash: 07406120eb2eeff5abf02f798bf91b23802e2653commit hash: 07406120eb2eeff5abf02f798bf91b23802e2653commit hash: 07406120eb2eeff5abf02f798bf91b23802e2653commit hash: 07406120eb2eeff5abf02f798bf91b23802e2653 files touched by this commit
Mathieu Arnold (mat) search for other commits by this committer
dns/bind920: update to 9.20.23

Changes:	https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.20.23/doc/arm/html/notes.html#notes-for-bind-9-20-23
Security:	CVE-2026-3592, CVE-2026-3039, CVE-2026-5946,
		CVE-2026-5950, CVE-2026-5947, CVE-2026-3593
(cherry picked from commit 074766706898a05719a5132d2f64ffbd7ff06fdc)

Number of commits found: 2