I actually made an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.0 . However I have been able to
use the ripe.net website that has a web basedfrontend for whois.

Tx though.

L

On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:49, Mark Tinka wrote:
> They might not have been discontiued as such, but are no longer part of the
> default installation, especially since SuSE started releasing its upgrades
> from SuSE Linux 8.0 and later. There are some other packages that are not
> part of the default installation, such as automake, autoconf, GNU Make, and
> all sorts of other GNU utilities.
> 
> This can be frustrating, so my advice to you would be to install a SuSE 7.x
> generation OS, such SuSE Linux 7.2, and then upgrade your installation to
> 8.0 or 8.1. That way, you are sure you have all those packages you've been
> used to from the past.
> 
> If you still can't get your software, then check the SuSE FTP server. If
> nothing else works, source code is your friend.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Tinka
> Network Engineer
> Africa Online Uganda
> 5th Floor, Commercial Plaza
> 7 Kampala Rd,
> Tel:   +256-41-258143
> Fax:   +256-41-258144
> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Web:     www.africaonline.co.ug
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lunghabo
> James
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:39 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: lug_: whois or fwhois
> 
> 
> Guys
> 
> Please advise. Were those two utilities discontinued in Linux esp Suse ?
> If so, how would I be able to find out more information on ownership of
> an IP or block of IP's ?
> 
> Tx
> 
> L
> 
> 


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