Package: whois Version: 5.0.16 Severity: normal The return code for whois is not consistent between .com and .org domains:
$ whois google.com > /dev/null $ echo $? 0 $ whois debian.org > /dev/null $ echo $? 1 Despite the fact that it's not documented in the manpage, it looks like whois is designed to return 0 when domains exist and 1 when they don't exist. This works for most TLDs, but not .org. Cheers, Francois -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.4.2-grsec+ (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages whois depends on: ii libc6 2.13-33 ii libidn11 1.25-2 whois recommends no packages. whois 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
