Bug 9051 - whois doesn't work
Summary: whois doesn't work
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: 1.24.x
Hardware: All Linux
: P5 major
Target Milestone: ---
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Reported: 2016-06-27 13:46 UTC by albapompeo
Modified: 2016-07-10 02:09 UTC (History)
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Description albapompeo 2016-06-27 13:46:25 UTC 
whois doesn't work.
Try for example $ whois www.google.com
It just hangs. No output.

whois --help
BusyBox v1.24.2 (2016-06-23 08:49:16 GMT) multi-call binary.

The hardcoded server is faulty.
Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2016-07-10 02:09:38 UTC 
Should be fixed in git now.