Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:08:21 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, audit@FreeBSD.org Cc: bde@FreeBSD.org, ache@FreeBSD.org Subject: whois(1) patch for review Message-ID: <20010621160821.A30249@phantom.cris.net>
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hi, I have made few modifications to whois(1) to shut up BDECFLAGS warnings, cleanup code, and add new features. Main aim of this patch is to add flexibility to people who want to point whois(1) to non-deault whois server, i.e. have to type "-h server name" many times. It adds new command line modifier "-c" to declare server code. Originally it was supposed to point to country's whois server, but with no modifications can be used for other areas. For example you can have following string in your whoisservers configuration file (system wide -- /usr/share/misc/whoiservers or personal ~/.whoisservers): local whois.mydomain.com To point whois(1) to this server now you need to use whois -h whois.mydaomin.com XYZ with patch whois -clocal XYZ It also supposed to be used for country's whois servers. For example with whoisservers. ... ru whois.ripn.net ua whois.net.ua ... whois -c ru freebsd.org.ru (use -- whois.ripn.net) whois -c ua freebsd.org.ua (use -- whois.net.ua) Resume: with this patch included to add new country's whois server we'll need to add only one string to text file, not to modify whois(1) code as it has been done by Andrey for '-R' and as some pending PR's proposed to do. PS: I also removed -R switch for whois(1) which was used to point to Russian whois server, since it is replaced with "-c ru" PPS: It's tested on STABLE, but I don't think that there can be problems with -current. PPPS: Patch is dirty threfore any ideas on its cleanup are welcome. Also additional idea on improving whois(1) flexibility are welcome! I hope to get some free time on this weekend and commit it if nobody has strong objections. http://phantom.cris.net/~phantom/whois_patch.tgz To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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