Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 23:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Adam Szilveszter <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/15267: CHANGE-REQUEST: WHOIS(1) - Support Internic.CA (Canada) Message-ID: <199912050720.XAA27565@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/15267; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Adam Szilveszter <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/15267: CHANGE-REQUEST: WHOIS(1) - Support Internic.CA (Canada) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 07:51:15 +0100 Hi! I think you should wait until the whois(1) client gets MFC-d from -CURRENT. It will handle this situation and also others just fine! It automatically finds the whois server needed for most domains. I am running it on -STABLE already and no problems found this far except for a statement in the man page which no longer applies, it says that -i option queries the Network Solutions InterNIC database. InterNIC is no longer handled by NS, Inc. The client has been updated accordingly a couple of days ago, but not the man page, so here it is...:-) --- whois.1.orig Fri Dec 3 11:08:49 1999 +++ whois.1 Sun Dec 5 08:09:23 1999 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ to whois.crsnic.net provided. .It Fl i Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers -.Pq Tn InterNIC +.Pq Tn whois.networksolutions.com database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of .Tn \&.COM , @@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ .Tn \&.ORG and .Tn \&.EDU -domains. +domains. NOTE! The registration of these doamins is now done by a number of +independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information +on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc. +Also, note that the InterNIC database +.Pq Tn whois.internic.net +is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc. For details, see: +http://www.internic.net/. .It Fl m Use the Route Arbiter Database .Pq Tn RADB On Sun, Dec 05, 1999 at 06:16:53AM -0000, matt@S02.ARPA-CANADA.NET wrote: > > >Number: 15267 > >Category: bin > >Synopsis: CHANGE-REQUEST: WHOIS(1) - Support Internic.CA (Canada) > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sat Dec 4 22:20:01 PST 1999 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Matt > >Release: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 > >Organization: > N/A > >Environment: > > N/A > > >Description: > > WHOIS(1) had no builtin support for whois.internic.ca which is the Canadian > Internic Registry. As a Canadian, I hate to be left out. Therefore, I added > support for whois.internic.ca via 'whois -c [domain.ca]' > > Thanks in advance for (hopefully) accepting this addition. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > N/A > > >Fix: > > This is diffed against 3.3-STABLE source, has been tested locally by > myself on 3.3-STABLE machine, manpage update also included and tested. > > ---- START CUT: WHOIS.DIFF ---- > > diff -urbN whois.old/whois.1 whois/whois.1 > --- whois.old/whois.1 Fri Sep 17 10:35:56 1999 > +++ whois/whois.1 Sat Dec 4 21:25:51 1999 > @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ > .Nd Internet domain name and network number directory service > .Sh SYNOPSIS > .Nm whois > -.Op Fl adgprR > +.Op Fl acdgprR > .Op Fl h Ar host > .Ar name ... > .Sh DESCRIPTION > @@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ > covered neither by > .Tn APNIC nor by > .Tn RIPE . > +.It Fl c > +Use the Canadian Internic Registry > +database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of > +.Tn \&.CA . > .It Fl d > Use the US Department of Defense > database. It contains points of contact for subdomains of > diff -urbN whois.old/whois.c whois/whois.c > --- whois.old/whois.c Sat Dec 4 21:21:28 1999 > +++ whois/whois.c Sat Dec 4 21:25:51 1999 > @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ > #include <unistd.h> > > #define NICHOST "whois.internic.net" > +#define CNICHOST "whois.internic.ca" > #define DNICHOST "whois.nic.mil" > #define GNICHOST "whois.nic.gov" > #define ANICHOST "whois.arin.net" > @@ -85,11 +86,14 @@ > #endif > > host = NICHOST; > - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "adgh:prR")) != -1) > + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "acdgh:prR")) != -1) > switch((char)ch) { > case 'a': > host = ANICHOST; > break; > + case 'c': > + host = CNICHOST; > + break; > case 'd': > host = DNICHOST; > break; > @@ -159,6 +163,6 @@ > static void > usage() > { > - fprintf(stderr, "usage: whois [-adgprR] [-h hostname] name ...\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "usage: whois [-acdgprR] [-h hostname] name ...\n"); > exit(EX_USAGE); > } > > --- END CUT: WHOIS.DIFF --- > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Adam Szilveszter * JATE AJTK Szeged *** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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