Bug 678262

Summary:	dev-libs/geoip - GeoIP Legacy has been deprecated
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Stopi <gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	viklevin2
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Stopi 2019-02-18 02:35:03 UTC

# geoipupdate.sh -f
Updating GeoIP databases...
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoIPv6.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:16 ERROR 404: Not Found.
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCityv6-beta/GeoLiteCityv6.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNum.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.
https://download.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/asnum/GeoIPASNumv6.dat.gz:
2019-02-18 09:32:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.

This is because GeoIP Legacy has been deprecated upstream.
https://support.maxmind.com/geolite-legacy-discontinuation-notice/

So we should switch to Geolite2, as free replacement.
https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/geoip2/geolite2/

Comment 1 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-02-18 08:21:34 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 674852 ***