446964 – dev-libs/geoip geoipupdate.sh improvement

Bug 446964 - dev-libs/geoip geoipupdate.sh improvement

Summary: dev-libs/geoip geoipupdate.sh improvement

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project

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Keywords:	PATCH

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Reported:	2012-12-12 10:04 UTC by Micha Glave
Modified:	2012-12-12 15:30 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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just remove old file when return-code of wget == 0 (geoipupdate.patch,732 bytes, patch) 2012-12-12 10:04 UTC, Micha Glave	Details \| Diff
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Description Micha Glave 2012-12-12 10:04:53 UTC

Created attachment 332102 [details, diff]
just remove old file when return-code of wget == 0

Downloading the lite-DB from maxmind often fail because of a download-restriction (imho once a day per IP). After reaching the limit even the old databases are lost.

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-12 15:30:09 UTC

The fix is in dev-libs/geoip-1.4.8-r2. Thanks for reporting and for the patch.