Public bug reported: Binary package hint: whois
Greetings! whois on Ubuntu 8.04 does not appear to know how to look up IPs in recently-allocated ranges: rtuc...@framboise:~$ whois 109.74.192.103 Unknown AS number or IP network. Please upgrade this program. rtuc...@framboise:~$ apt-cache policy whois whois: Installed: 4.7.24 Candidate: 4.7.24 Version table: *** 4.7.24 0 500 http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov hardy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status This address is in a RIPE range, and whois on 9.10 does find it with no issue: rtuc...@arrogant-bastard:~$ whois 109.74.192.103 % This is the RIPE Database query service. [...] rtuc...@arrogant-bastard:~$ apt-cache policy whois whois: Installed: 4.7.34ubuntu2 Candidate: 4.7.34ubuntu2 Version table: *** 4.7.34ubuntu2 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Thanks! -rt ** Affects: whois (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Recently-allocated IP addresses not known by whois https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/492322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs