[Bug 943502] Re: whois doesn't properly query .hr/.sx/.pe TLDs and incorrect format for whois.arin.net

[Chris J Arges]

At this point, I've already requested a backport in October, so I can copy and paste that again.
However, I spoke with infinity about this bug yesterday and he recommended an SRU, which is why I created that patch.
While I said the patch 'enables' these features, it really fixes the legitimate ARIN format issue, and puts in the correct .pe whois server. The .hr/.sx servers are simply added to the tld_serv_list along with the encodings which is a fairly small change.

So either way, I'd like to get this fixed.

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Title:
  whois doesn't properly query .hr/.sx/.pe TLDs and incorrect format for
  whois.arin.net

Status in Oneiric Backports:
  New
Status in Precise Backports:
  New
Status in The "whois" Domain System Tool:
  Fix Released
Status in “whois” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “whois” source package in Oneiric:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  SRU Request:

  [Impact]
  Fixes issues using whois with .hr/.sx/.pe TLDs. In addition updates query format for IPs when accessing ARIN.

  [Development Fix]
  These issues were fixed in 5.0.14 of whois.

  [Stable Fix]
  Since most of the fixes are covered in updating from 5.0.11 to 5.0.14, a backport of these version provides all fixes.

  [Test Case]
  1) whois google.hr (works on precise, not on oneiric)
  2) whois registry.sx google.com.pe
  3) whois 74.125.113.102
     if we use this command in precise we see that whois adds "n +" to the query, while
     in oneiric it doesn't add that.

  [Regression Potential]
  Most of the changes are fairly minimal, although any changes to mkpasswd should be investigated.

  Problem Description:
  whois in oneiric can't query .hr/.sx/.pe TLDs. In addition the query format for ARIN is different than in precise.

  Version affected:
  Current Oneiric Version: 5.0.11ubuntu2

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