Package: libnss-mdns
Version: 0.7-1
Severity: normal

With the following (recommended) line in nsswitch.conf, whois service does not 
work:

  hosts:          files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4

Example transcript

  : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10785 ; whois alicent.com
  getaddrinfo: Name or service not known

Changing to 

  hosts: files nds

allows whois to work again.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages libnss-mdns depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.6-13   GNU C Library: Shared libraries

Versions of packages libnss-mdns recommends:
ii  zeroconf                      0.9-1      IPv4 link-local address allocator

-- no debconf information


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