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author | Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-13 20:58:36 +0000 |
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committer | Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> | 2019-01-13 20:58:36 +0000 |
commit | 2eb84a7a059fb89765e1d2e0676b6649fe4d384c (patch) | |
tree | 0ab3646146acd5dfea61c57f28f979f6613d0336 /UPDATING | |
parent | 8634eafdb93075a48cc744574b5ea40bec528073 (diff) | |
download | ports-2eb84a7a059fb89765e1d2e0676b6649fe4d384c.tar.gz ports-2eb84a7a059fb89765e1d2e0676b6649fe4d384c.zip |
Remove GeoIP-related options. Where possible, replace GeoIP 1 defaults
with GeoIP 2.
Also, as suggested by zi, add an UPDATING note about this.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=490211
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 |