Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port Message-ID: <200001171810.KAA93950@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/16147; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
Cc: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:04:25 -0800
You are correct. Awhois, however, automatically checks the ARIN
database when it sees a dotted decimal IP address. Whois requires a -a
flag. Not a big issue, though.
Please do not implement the port. Please close.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD
Province of BC
"e**(i*pi)+1=0"
In message <20000116192349.B76584@florence.pavilion.net>, Josef
Karthauser writ
es:
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 08:29:13AM -0800, Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca wrote:
> >
> > description:
> > Awhois tries to figure out what you're looking for and to invoke whois
> > with the appropriate arguments. It knows how to deal with the new
> > Registry WHOIS service, it falls back to checking the whois server
> > specified in the DNS at whois-servers.net, and its interface is just
> > like the original whois.
> >
>
> Our own whois already does this from 3.4-RELEASE onwards.
>
> Joe
> --
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