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Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:18:38 -0800
From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Whois and Afrinic.net
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Joel Rubin wrote:

> I don't whether it would be feasible to put Afrinic IP's into
> *nix/cygwin whois or if it would be better to look for a referal in
> the ARIN/RIPE entry.

This is not the place to ask.  You should ask the upstream
author/maintainer(s) of the whois program (md <at> linux <dot> it),
because the whois in Cygwin is the same version that's used on other
*nixes, i.e. it's not Cygwin-specific.

http://directory.fsf.org/network/whois.html

That said it would appear that the Cygwin-packaged whois is several
versions older than the current version (and it doesn't use the proper
FHS dirs) so it wouldn't hurt to have a refresh.  The problem you're
talking about may be already fixed - you should check the release notes
for the upstream packages.

Brian

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