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command-not-found package

command-not-found does not suggest 'whois' package

Bug #1070194 reported by Matthew Saffer
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command-not-found (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Ubuntu Release:
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04

Bug Description:
When I attempted to run the 'whois' command without installing the 'whois' package, I received the following output:

matt@ubuntu:~$ whois
No command 'whois' found, did you mean:
 Command 'rwhois' from package 'socks4-clients' (universe)
 Command 'jwhois' from package 'jwhois' (universe)
 Command 'cwhois' from package 'asused' (universe)
 Command 'gwhois' from package 'gwhois' (universe)
whois: command not found

Expected: Command 'whois' from package 'whois' (universe)

Actual: The 'whois' package is not mentioned.

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Brandon Perry (bperry-volatile) wrote :

Hi, I have run into this as well. whois does not recommend the whois package when it is not installed.

bperry@w00den-pickle:~$ whois wut.tld
No command 'whois' found, did you mean:
 Command 'rwhois' from package 'socks4-clients' (universe)
 Command 'jwhois' from package 'jwhois' (universe)
 Command 'cwhois' from package 'asused' (universe)
 Command 'gwhois' from package 'gwhois' (universe)
whois: command not found
bperry@w00den-pickle:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
bperry@w00den-pickle:~$

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in command-not-found (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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era (era) wrote :

Small correction: unlike the suggested packages, the plain whois package is in main, not in universe. This makes this bug even more puzzling.

precise$ whois launchpad.net
No command 'whois' found, did you mean:
 Command 'rwhois' from package 'socks4-clients' (universe)
 Command 'jwhois' from package 'jwhois' (universe)
 Command 'cwhois' from package 'asused' (universe)
 Command 'gwhois' from package 'gwhois' (universe)
whois: command not found

precise$ apt-cache policy whois
whois:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 5.0.15ubuntu2
  Version table:
     5.0.15ubuntu2 0
        500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

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