As it affects Debian just as much I also reported it there and linked the task here.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #900047 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900047 ** Also affects: whois (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900047 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1773262 Title: Update of .CL charset Status in whois package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in whois source package in Trusty: New Status in whois source package in Xenial: New Status in whois source package in Artful: New Status in whois source package in Bionic: New Status in whois package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: Since today the whois server whois.nic.cl for .CL domain names updated its format and now accepts UTF-8 for input and output. Patch for 5.3.0 sources: ============ > diff -u servers_charset_list.old servers_charset_list --- servers_charset_list.old 2018-05-24 18:35:21.276901516 -0400 +++ servers_charset_list 2018-05-24 18:28:38.032625682 -0400 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ whois.registro.br iso-8859-1 whois.cira.ca iso-8859-1 whois.nic.ch utf-8 -whois.nic.cl iso-8859-1 +whois.nic.cl utf-8 whois.cnnic.cn utf-8 cwhois.cnnic.cn utf-8 whois.nic.cz utf-8 ============ Thanks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whois/+bug/1773262/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
