Bug 89417

Summary:	Whois doesn't use /etc/whois.conf
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Wakko Warner <wakko>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	SpanKY <vapier>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	seemant
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	This ebuild solve this bug and put whois.conf in /etc instead of /usr/share/doc/whois-*/

Description Wakko Warner 2005-04-17 08:09:37 UTC

When I try use /etc/whois.conf, whois doesn't use information specified in it.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge =net-misc/whois-4.6.13-r1
2. nano -w /etc/whois.conf
.spb.ru whois.relcom.ru
3. whois acmelabs.spb.ru

Actual Results:  
Whois doesn't go to whois.relcom.ru for searching information about acmelabs.spb.ru

Comment 1 Wakko Warner 2005-04-17 08:15:10 UTC

Created attachment 56520 [details]
This ebuild solve this bug and put whois.conf in /etc instead of /usr/share/doc/whois-*/

Comment 2 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-18 04:27:01 UTC

spanks, please also add a metadata.xml file

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2005-04-18 17:03:40 UTC

i dont want whois, i just fix it up because no one else is :P

added a patch to enable CONFIG_FILE in config.h to whois-4.7.2