From 3b149631f0eb732049e04fa0c89d09c7aa2376f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:22:53 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.6.12. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- NEWS.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 NEWS.md (limited to 'NEWS.md') diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d9716d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/NEWS.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +## Important Changes ## + +### 1.6.0 ### + +`geoipupdate` is removed from the GeoIP C library. + +Please use the seperate tool [geoipupdate](https://github.com/maxmind/geoipupdate) to download your subscriptions or our +free databases. + +### 1.5.0 ### + +Geoipupdate may be used to download our free databases. + +Put this into the config file /usr/local/etc/GeoIP.conf +to download the free GeoLite databases GeoLiteCountry, GeoLiteCity and GeoLiteASNum + +``` +LicenseKey 000000000000 +UserId 999999 +ProductIds 506 533 517 +``` + +Free users should create symlinks for the GeoIP databases. +For example: + +``` +cd /usr/local/share/GeoIP +ln -s GeoLiteCity.dat GeoIPCity.dat +ln -s GeoLiteCountry.dat GeoIPCountry.dat +ln -s GeoLiteASNum.dat GeoIPASNum.dat +``` + +The lookup functions are thread safe. + +### 1.3.6 ### + +As of version 1.3.6, the GeoIP C library is thread safe, as long as +`GEOIP_CHECK_CACHE` is not used. + +### 1.3.0 ### + +The GeoIP Region database is no longer a pointer but an in-structure array so +test the first byte of region == 0 rather than testing if the region pointer +is `NULL`. + +### 1.1.0 ### + +As of GeoIP 1.1.0 the GeoIP_country_xxx_by_xxx functions return NULL if a +country can not be found. It previously returned `--` or `N/A`. To avoid +segmentation faults, check the return value for `NULL`. -- cgit v1.2.3