Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 12:35:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> To: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r480857 - in head/net: GeoIP geoipupdate Message-ID: <201809281235.w8SCZgv2028386@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: adamw Date: Fri Sep 28 12:35:42 2018 New Revision: 480857 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/480857 Log: Make the GeoIP and geoipupdate descriptions reflect reality The difference is no longer paid vs. unpaid. There are free versions of the GeoIP2 databases, and they are preferred when supported. Modified: head/net/GeoIP/pkg-descr head/net/geoipupdate/Makefile head/net/geoipupdate/pkg-descr Modified: head/net/GeoIP/pkg-descr ============================================================================== --- head/net/GeoIP/pkg-descr Fri Sep 28 12:08:54 2018 (r480856) +++ head/net/GeoIP/pkg-descr Fri Sep 28 12:35:42 2018 (r480857) @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ GeoIP is a C library that enables the user to find the country that any -IP address or hostname originates from. It uses a file based database -that is accurate as of March 2002. This database simply contains IP blocks -as keys, and countries as values. This database should be more complete and -accurate than using reverse DNS lookups. +IP address or hostname originates from. This library supports the legacy +GeoIP database. Although it is kept up-to-date, the non-legacy database +(net/libmaxminddb) is preferable when supported. This module can be used to automatically select the geographically closest mirror, to analyze your web server logs to determine the countries of your visitors, for credit card fraud detection, and for software export controls. This port includes a helper script, geoipupdate.sh, to help you keep the -library up-to-date. +library up-to-date. The helper script will only update the legacy +database. To update GeoIP2 databases, install the geoipupdate port from +net/geoipupdate. WWW: http://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy Modified: head/net/geoipupdate/Makefile ============================================================================== --- head/net/geoipupdate/Makefile Fri Sep 28 12:08:54 2018 (r480856) +++ head/net/geoipupdate/Makefile Fri Sep 28 12:35:42 2018 (r480857) @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CATEGORIES= net geography MASTER_SITES= https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate/releases/download/v${PORTVERSION}/ MAINTAINER= adamw@FreeBSD.org -COMMENT= Fetch the latest copies of the paid GeoIP database +COMMENT= Fetch the latest copies of the paid GeoIP2 databases LICENSE= GPLv2 LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENSE Modified: head/net/geoipupdate/pkg-descr ============================================================================== --- head/net/geoipupdate/pkg-descr Fri Sep 28 12:08:54 2018 (r480856) +++ head/net/geoipupdate/pkg-descr Fri Sep 28 12:35:42 2018 (r480857) @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ -This program is used to fetch the GeoIP2 and GeoIP databases. It requires -an active GeoIP subscription. +This program is used to fetch and update the GeoIP2 databases. By +default it fetches the free databases, but it can also manage +the paid databases with an active GeoIP subscription. -Please see https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolocation_landing for details about -obtaining a subscription. - -If you wish to install the free versions of the GeoIP databases, please -use the geoipudate.sh script provided in net/GeoIP. +Please see https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolocation_landing for details +about obtaining an optional subscription. WWW: https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate
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