From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jan 16 11:30: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0659514C91 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:30:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id LAA94858; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 11:30:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001161930.LAA94858@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Josef Karthauser Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port Reply-To: Josef Karthauser Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/16147; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Josef Karthauser To: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:23:49 +0000 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 -- Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message