I use the host command from bind9-host.

diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index ae502218a937ca8418936c9676aec38bb90f4d4f..68f521aee682a41c89f44a05e5e795acc71bf9db 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Vcs-Browser: http://git.etc.gen.nz/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=etc-obnam.git;a=summary
 
 Package: etc-obnam
 Architecture: all
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf-utils
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, debconf-utils, bind9-host
 Recommends: obnam, molly-guard
 Description: Wrapper around obnam for backing up laptops and PCs
  Runs obnam on a schedule, but only if we're on the right network.