svn commit: r480857 - in head/net: GeoIP geoipupdate
Adam Weinberger
adamw at FreeBSD.org
Fri Sep 28 12:35:44 UTC 2018
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 at 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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