Re: inetutils ./ChangeLog gwhois/whois.c whois/Chan...

[Jeff Bailey]

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:11:07AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:

>  >> Please send whois changes to me too, so I can merge them in my copy.
>  >I thought the inetutils repository was the canonical source for whois?
> It's not going to be at least until inetutils will be officialy
> released and integrated in debian.

I am working with Marcus on repackaging Debian and I will be taking it 
over.  The first cut will still be hurd-only, but that will only be until 
all of the virtual packages and alternatives get setup in the other packages.

> Even then I may still distribuite it in its own small package for user
> who do not want the whole inetutils (which at least on linux and *BSD
> I think it's not going to be used by most people until it will be more
> mature).

Would it be useful to have a configure option that only creates 'whois'?  

I'm thinking like `./configure --enable-clients=whois,ftp' type of thing.

I'd hate to have 2 groups trying to stay in sync.

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