Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 19:47:24 +0100 From: Alexander Koeppe <format_c@online.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Light GeoIP support dropped? Message-ID: <qv2jnt$2kle$1@blaine.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <20200106214637.GA2452@elch.exwg.net> References: <qv077o$1aj6$1@blaine.gmane.org> <20200106214637.GA2452@elch.exwg.net>
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Am 06.01.20 um 22:46 schrieb Christoph Moench-Tegeder: > ## Alexander Koeppe (format_c@online.de): > >> since I've upgraded to FreeBSD 12, I don't find a package providing >> the lightweight geoip database API incl. GeoIP.h and libGeoIP.so. > > The so-called "legacy" database format used by libGeoIP has been > discontinued by MaxMind, and is only available for paying customers: > https://blog.maxmind.com/2018/01/02/discontinuation-of-the-geolite-legacy-databases/ > > For that reason, net/GeoIP has been removed quite some time ago: > https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=493168 > > And the free (as in no payment required) GeoLite2 databases have seen some > licensing/handling changes, too: > https://blog.maxmind.com/2019/12/18/significant-changes-to-accessing-and-using-geolite2-databases/ > > Regards, > Christoph > Thanks for the hints. All the information is very clearing. This deprecation has completely slipped through for me. I'll dig into the new GeoLite2 approach and see what's the impact for my software project. Thanks to all and all others who have responded. - Alex
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