Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:31:11 GMT From: Bogdan Culibrk <bc@default.rs> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/129124: Maxmind now charges for update Message-ID: <200811240931.mAO9VBDG007555@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200811240940.mAO9e1O9050589@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 129124 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Maxmind now charges for update >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 24 09:40:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bogdan Culibrk >Release: 7.0 >Organization: default.rs >Environment: n/a >Description: It appears that Maxmind now charges[1] for geoip database file. Update script shipped with port zeros existing database since source URL is no longer existing. [1] http://www.maxmind.com/app/country >How-To-Repeat: Run /usr/local/bin/geoipupdate.sh >Fix: There's GeoLite Country database at: http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/tmp/GeoIP.dat.gz Maybe fix a script and/or add more care for not zeroing existing database? >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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