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Bug 678262 - dev-libs/geoip - GeoIP Legacy has been deprecated
Summary: dev-libs/geoip - GeoIP Legacy has been deprecated
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 674852
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2019-02-18 02:35 UTC by Stopi
Modified: 2019-03-12 02:29 UTC (History)
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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 ***