Re: [bug-inetutils] [SCM] GNU Inetutils branch, master, updated. inetutils-1_9_1-52-geb4b5ed

[Mats Erik Andersson]

lördag den 10 mars 2012 klockan 09:24 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
>
> FWIW, when it comes to data files, and documentation, you don't have
> to list each thing you update (i.e. here `whois/tld_serv_list:
> Updated.' would have been just fine).

I disagree in this particular case. The file 'whois/tld_serv_list'
is preprocessed into a file, which is included by 'whois/whois.c',
thus hard cording the provided information. This also implies that
an misnamed server name will result in lookup failure for the corre-
sponding domain, thus being in all respects equal to a bug in code.

Based on this observation, I made the decision that it be important
to document the changes I did apply.

> Where did you get the list by the way? THat would be a useful note to
> have somewhere.

I took the adress you provided me with in December,

    http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/

then spent close to five hours in examining most domain entries and
invoking 'host whois.whatever' in order to verify the existence of
a claimed server. This work was conducted using an Android link,
so suffered from occasional teardowns and other anomalies.

Best regards,
  Mats