whois 5.0.0
Improved whois client
http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
Packager: Doruk Fişek
License: GPLv2
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Release history
| Release | Release date | Version | Updater | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 2010-01-01 | 5.0.0 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump : * Added optional support for automatically transcoding the output of servers. * Automatically add --show-handles to queries for .dk domains. * Normalize the querystring and convert it to punycode even if a server is specified on the command line. * Added the .cm, .kn, .ls, .mg, .mk, .tz and .uy TLD servers. * Updated the .ae, .bd, .bi, .ge, .gf, .jobs, .id, .is, .ki, .ls, .ms, .np, .my, .ph, .sb, .tj, .tr and .tv TLD servers. * Removed the .mm, .mq, .pw, .sr, .td and .tp TLD servers. * Cleaned up the horrible strings manipulation code. * Added new ASN allocations. * Added new IPv4 allocations. * Fixed the disclaimer suppression data for .biz, .mobi. * Added Chinese translation, updated some translations. * Fixed the whois servers for some ERX legacy allocations. * mkpasswd: generate random-length hashes when supported. * mkpasswd: use ngettext to support translation of plural forms. |
| 12 | 2009-04-20 | 4.7.33 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump : * mkpasswd: use /dev/urandom to generate the salt. If it is not present, initialize srand(3) with gettimeofday(2) instead of time(2) to have a larger randomness space. * mkpasswd: added preliminary support for variable length salts. * Updated the .co.za SLD, .tel, .gg and .je TLD servers. * Added new ASN allocations. |
| 11 | 2009-03-09 | 4.7.31 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump : * Implemented a 10 seconds timeout on connect(2) to allow querying servers with broken IPv6 connectivity. * Added support for automatically determining the server for in-addr.arpa domains. * Added new IPv4 allocations. * Updated the .gi, .lc and .mn TLD servers. * Translation fix. |
| 10 | 2008-12-10 | 4.7.29 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump : * Fixed the short option -S broken in 4.7.25. * Added support for ASN32 in the ASPLAIN notation. * Do not disable the timeout after the connection to the server, because it can still hang forever. * Added the .gy, .hn, .ng and .sl TLD servers. * Updated the .tel, .cr, .dz, .ht, .im, .jo, .ly, .mt, .mu, .pr, .rs, .sn, .com.uy, .vc and .vn TLD servers. * Added support for -kenic NIC handles. * Added new IPv4 allocations. |
| 9 | 2008-10-02 | 4.7.28 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump |
| 8 | 2008-06-16 | 4.7.26 | Doruk Fişek | Version bump |
| 7 | 2007-10-15 | 4.7.23 | İsmail Dönmez | Stable update |
| 6 | 2007-08-15 | 4.7.22 | İsmail Dönmez | Stable update |
| 5 | 2007-08-03 | 4.7.21 | İsmail Dönmez | Stable update |
| 4 | 2007-02-08 | 4.7.20 | İsmail Dönmez | Version bump |
| 3 | 2006-10-30 | 4.7.19 | Ali Erdinç Köroğlu | Version bump |
| 2 | 2006-09-20 | 4.7.17 | İsmail Dönmez | Stable update |
| 1 | 2005-09-16 | 4.7.2 | Ahmet AYGÜN | First release. |
Patches
whois-4.7.2-config-file.patchwhois-5.0.0-Makefile.patch