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

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > 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.

As I said, you don't have to :-) But if you want, by all means!

   > 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.

Jikes, grand work though!