From owner-freebsd-audit Thu Jul 26 7:37:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Received: from columbus.cris.net (ns.cris.net [212.110.128.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817BB37B407; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:37:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phantom@ark.cris.net) Received: from ark.cris.net (ns2.cris.net [212.110.128.68]) by columbus.cris.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA45271; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:37:21 +0300 (EEST) Received: (from phantom@localhost) by ark.cris.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f6QEalF30139; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:36:47 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 17:36:47 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin To: Mike Barcroft Cc: audit@FreeBSD.org, ache@FreeBSD.org, des@FreeBSD.org, jabley@automagic.org Subject: Re: whois(1) new features for review Message-ID: <20010726173647.A28536@ark.cris.net> References: <20010724234111.A75705@coffee.q9media.com> <20010725104248.A38544@ark.cris.net> <20010725120011.A77004@coffee.q9media.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20010725120011.A77004@coffee.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:00:11PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 12:00:11PM -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > > whois.20010724.patch > > > > > > o Move APNIC flag from -p to -A. Since, -p is usually associated > > > with specifying a port. > > > > Hmm... Looks like you did not exactly that in this patch... > > Would you care to explain? It seems to me, I did exactly that. Oops! I tought that you was speaking about ANICHOST, but after reading of manpage I see that APNIC is actualy PNIC, not ANIC. My first look was too fast. :( Actually I think that '-p' -> '-P' transition is more better than '-p' -> '-A'. It will be more consistent with previous flags state and, not craete misunderstanding like mine. > > > o Add the -p flag for specifying a port. (PR: 28790) This is > > > useful for querying rwhois servers. Example: > > > whois -h rwhois.exodus.net -p 4321 216.136.180.0 > > > o Add the -c flag which allows one to get the same whois server > > > that would normally be determined if no arguments were specified. > > > (Concept based on work by phantom, requested by ache) Example: > > > > I think more appropriate is "suggested by: ache". Main idea was adding > > this feature to avoid polluting whois's command line options. > > Actually, ache did indeed request I add this feature before removing > the -R flag. Ok. Different people... Different reasons... Different story... ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message