roseway packaged Whois 4.7.20 for the repo. It is currently in testing:
Package:
http://vectorlinux.osuosl.org/veclinux-5.8/testing/net/whois-4.7.20-i586-1vl58.tlzwhois: whois (Enhanced WHOIS client)
whois:
whois: This is a new whois (RFC 954) client rewritten from scratch.
whois: It is derived from and compatible with the usual BSD and RIPE whois(1)
whois: programs.
whois: It is intelligent and can automatically select the appropriate whois
whois: server for most queries.
whois:
whois: Website: http://www.linux.it/~md/software/
whois: License: GNU GPL
whois: Author: Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>
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