Package: libnet-xwhois-perl Version: 0.90-4 Severity: normal Tags: upstream Forwarded: https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Net-XWhois
While testing before uploading libnet-xwhois-perl, I noticed that Net::XWhois doesn't report the status of a domain properly for some top-level domains while it works for others. Taking the examples from the man page: $ perl -MNet::XWhois -MData::Dumper -le 'print Dumper [Net::XWhois->new(Domain => "bit.ch")->status]' $VAR1 = [ undef ]; $ perl -MNet::XWhois -MData::Dumper -le 'print Dumper [Net::XWhois->new(Domain => "vipul.net")->status]' $VAR1 = [ 'clientTransferProhibited', 'clientUpdateProhibited', 'clientRenewProhibited', 'clientDeleteProhibited' ]; I've tested some more domains and it seems to me, that for second-level domains under .org, .de, .at, and .ch the status method return either an empty array or an array with undef as sole element. It seems to work fine for .net and .fr. For .com, it seems to incorrectly parse the returned data: $ perl -MNet::XWhois -MData::Dumper -le 'print Dumper [Net::XWhois->new(Domain => "intel.com")->status]' $VAR1 = [ 'Registry Registrant ID:' ]; According to https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Net-XWhois there are quite some top-level domains where the whois servers changed compared to what is included in Net::XWhois. But all patches in upstream's bug tracking system seem to be either 5 or 8 years old and need to be checked before applied to the Debian package. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (900, 'testing'), (899, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (600, 'stable'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (200, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.12-trunk-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libnet-xwhois-perl depends on: ii perl 5.18.1-5 libnet-xwhois-perl recommends no packages. libnet-xwhois-perl suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org