Hi, I would assume that is because for some reason netname is not unique, If you run whois -h whois.ripe.net CYNTHIA-V6-TEST -r You can see my point, 2 inet6num with the same netname.
- Cynthia On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 8:47 PM Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg < [email protected]> wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, > Tore Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >* Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg > >> --list-versions 194.162.0.0 > >> --list-versions DE-ECOTEL-950515 > >> > >> I am having serious trouble understanding why this isn't working. > >> > >> If someone could explain, I'd appreciate it. > > > >a) Use an unambiguous primary/lookup key, e.g.: > > > >$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -- --list-versions 194.162.0.0/16 > > Ahhhhhhh! Thank you! This is the magic I was missing. And it makes > perfect sense, now that you say it. > > >b) «netname objects» don't exist, so no, not supposed to work. > > That comment makes no sense however. Those objects -do- exist in the > data base and a normal WHOIS query finds them. So I'm really still > not clear on why I can't apply --list-versions and --show-version to > them. > > > Regards, > rfg > >
