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| author | adamw <adamw@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-14 04:58:36 +0800 |
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| committer | adamw <adamw@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-14 04:58:36 +0800 |
| commit | 5f2ce630ae6cbee4d162e24bef667397151702a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 0ab3646146acd5dfea61c57f28f979f6613d0336 /UPDATING | |
| parent | fddcae6cc12e1a4a40a6c5313ce34467ecdd9ddf (diff) | |
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Remove GeoIP-related options. Where possible, replace GeoIP 1 defaults
with GeoIP 2.
Also, as suggested by zi, add an UPDATING note about this.
Diffstat (limited to 'UPDATING')
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@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ they are unavoidable. You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20190113: + AFFECTS: users of net/GeoIP + AUTHOR: adamw@FreeBSD.org + + Maxmind no longer provides geolocation data in the legacy format used + by net/GeoIP. All GEOIP-related OPTIONS have been removed, and all + GeoIP-dependent ports will be removed soon. + + Where possible, you must switch to net/libmaxminddb, which uses the + newer (and fully supported) GeoIP 2 format. Unfortunately, this is + not a drop-in replacement. + + The legacy database is no longer available, and we cannot distribute + it by the Maxmind license, so the legacy GeoIP format is essentially + dead. + 20190108: AFFECTS: users of databases/mysql-connector-java AUTHOR: matthew@FreeBSD.org |