glfs/networking/netutils/whois.xml
Bruce Dubbs 9e99a12bb6 Update to whois-5.0.12
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY whois-download-http "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY whois-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY whois-md5sum "1147b6a993af384ba341cb91666c7e97">
<!ENTITY whois-size "88 KB">
<!ENTITY whois-buildsize "1.3 MB">
<!ENTITY whois-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="whois" xreflabel="Whois-&whois-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="whois.html"?>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<title>Whois-&whois-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="whois">
<primary sortas="a-Whois">Whois</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to Whois</title>
<para><application>Whois</application> is a client-side application which
queries the whois directory service for information pertaining to a
particular domain name. This package by default will install two programs:
<command>whois</command> and <command>mkpasswd</command>. The
<command>mkpasswd</command> command is also installed by the
<xref linkend="expect"/> package.</para>
&lfs70_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&whois-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &whois-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &whois-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &whois-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &whois-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
<ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/whois"/></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Whois</title>
<para>Build the application with:</para>
<screen><userinput>make &amp;&amp;
make pos</userinput></screen>
<para>You can install the <command>whois</command> program, the
<command>mkpasswd</command> program, and the locale files independently.
Control your choice of what is installed with the following commands issued
as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<note><para>Installing this version of <command>mkpasswd</command> will
overwrite the same command installed by <xref
linkend='expect'/>.</para></note>
<screen><userinput>make prefix=/usr install-whois
make prefix=/usr install-mkpasswd
make prefix=/usr install-pos</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>whois and mkpasswd</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
<seg>None</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="whois-prog">
<term><command>whois</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a client-side application which queries the whois directory
service for information pertaining to a particular domain name.</para>
<indexterm zone="whois whois-prog">
<primary sortas="b-whois">whois</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>