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Re: whois package
- From: Jonathan Kamens <jik at curl dot com>
- To: bradshaw at staff dot crosswalk dot com
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: 7 Dec 2001 11:05:59 -0500
- Subject: Re: whois package
- References: <911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D286B@cnmail>
> From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw@staff.crosswalk.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:00:40 -0500
>
> Any good reason to pick that one versus the gnu package?
If the GNU one is as smart as its project page says it is, I suppose
not :-).
Well, OK, I suppose one reason is that the BW version is written in
Perl and is thus probably easier to package than a version that needs
to be compiled.
Also, why the heck does the GNU whois source include a "mkpasswd"
program? I can't see how the two are related.
On the flip side, however, I notice that the GNU version is
internationalized, and I don't know if the BW version is.
jik