A backported whois client for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy)

I still run Ubuntu Hardy (8.04 LTS) on servers, since I'm willing to trade some newer features for package stability. Alas, once in awhile, this stability becomes a problem: the standard whois client uses a set of compiled-in mappings to determine how to route whois queries, and this falls out of date surprisingly fast:

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I've opened a Launchpad bug with the hopes that this gets SRU'd at some point, but I'm not confident enough in my packaging abilities to go forward with this myself (yet). So, at least in the interim, I've created a Personal Package Archive with whois 4.7.36, backported from the Lucid Lynx (10.04) repo. If you're interested in this, you can configure your system to use it in place of the normal whois:

• Add the repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

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• Add the public key to your apt keyring:

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• Run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade!

You can find more information and instructions at the Launchpad page for this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~rtucker/+archive/whois-delegation-backport. Also, be aware that, in the (unlikely) event of a security problem in the whois package, it may not get fixed in a timely manner if you're using this PPA. You have been warned.

Enjoy!