glfs/basicnet/netutils/whois.xml
Randy McMurchy b1c1f78324 Updated to Whois-4.7.28
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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-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/w/whois_&whois-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY whois-download-ftp " "> -->
<!ENTITY whois-md5sum "90b8f4014d7e2249b74ac0cc56de2360">
<!ENTITY whois-size "68 KB">
<!ENTITY whois-buildsize "1 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>
<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>Issue the following command to fix the installation of the
<filename class="extension">.po</filename> locale files:</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install:/install-pos:/' po/Makefile</userinput></screen>
<para>If you wish to install both the <command>whois</command> and
<command>mkpasswd</command> programs issue the command shown below,
otherwise skip to the <xref linkend="make-whois-only"/> commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para id="make-whois-only" xreflabel="make only whois">If you wish to
install just the <command>whois</command> program, issue the follow
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/install-whois.*/&amp; install-pos/' Makefile &amp;&amp;
make whois</userinput></screen>
<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
<para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
install both programs by issuing the following command. Otherwise,
skip to the <xref linkend="install-whois-only"/> command:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install</userinput></screen>
<para id="install-whois-only" xreflabel="install only whois">To install
just the <command>whois</command> program, issue the following command as
the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
<screen role='root'><userinput>make prefix=/usr install-whois</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>