Package: whois Version: 4.7.20 Severity: important Command executed: whois 116.10.195.218
Whois fails for new quad net releases in test case 116/8 with: "Unknown AS number or IP network. Please upgrade this program." A bug has been observed in the above version of whois, as --verbose errors out with same error and -h whois.arin.net results with a proper lookup. As per man pages the final lookup should be performed on the NIC's side when if directory fails, which indicates that the binary/source might not have a default whois server as a means for last try or classifying the address (116/8) something other than a dotted quad or sending it to the wrong server. This most likely indicates a compound bug: 1.the error in the --verbose case should be less cryptic (should tell you what server is used - or that none is used) 2.one of the above diagnosis is true (no default whois OR classifying as something other than ipv4 address OR precanned and wrong whois server) Note: this report might have similarities with bug: 492966, which was never addressed properly. Thank you, Andrew Nady. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages whois depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libidn11 0.6.5-1 GNU libidn library, implementation whois recommends 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
