svn commit: r282886 - head/usr.bin/whois
Tony Finch
fanf at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 14 10:32:36 UTC 2015
Author: fanf
Date: Thu May 14 10:32:35 2015
New Revision: 282886
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282886
Log:
whois: check WHOIS_SERVER as well as RA_SERVER environment variables
WHOIS_SERVER is used by Debian's whois client.
Modified:
head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
head/usr.bin/whois/whois.c
Modified: head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 Thu May 14 10:32:05 2015 (r282885)
+++ head/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 Thu May 14 10:32:35 2015 (r282886)
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ If the query is not a domain name or IP
.Nm
will fall back to
the host specified in the
+.Ev WHOIS_SERVER
+or
.Ev RA_SERVER
-environment variable, or if that is not set, it will use
+environment variables, or if those are not set, it will use
.Pa whois.crsnic.net .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
@@ -176,8 +178,15 @@ are treated independently and may be use
as queries on different whois servers.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag
+.It Ev WHOIS_SERVER
+The primary default whois server.
+If this is unset,
+.Nm
+uses the
+.Ev RA_SERVER
+environment variable.
.It Ev RA_SERVER
-The default whois server.
+The secondary default whois server.
If this is unset,
.Nm
will use
Modified: head/usr.bin/whois/whois.c
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/whois/whois.c Thu May 14 10:32:05 2015 (r282885)
+++ head/usr.bin/whois/whois.c Thu May 14 10:32:35 2015 (r282886)
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
* level domain from the query, or fall back to NICHOST.
*/
if (host == NULL && country == NULL) {
- if ((host = getenv("RA_SERVER")) == NULL) {
+ if ((host = getenv("WHOIS_SERVER")) == NULL &&
+ (host = getenv("RA_SERVER")) == NULL) {
use_qnichost = 1;
host = NICHOST;
if (!(flags & WHOIS_QUICK))
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