Module: sip-router
Branch: master
Commit: b280f89b3ac4f97c3cad1487961509bae893f656
URL:
http://git.sip-router.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/sip-router/?a=commit;h=b280f89…
Author: Henning Westerholt <henning.westerholt(a)1und1.de>
Committer: Henning Westerholt <henning.westerholt(a)1und1.de>
Date: Mon May 16 15:48:53 2011 +0200
geoip: extend docs after discussion with Francesco Castellano
---
modules/geoip/README | 8 ++++++++
modules/geoip/doc/geoip_admin.xml | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/modules/geoip/README b/modules/geoip/README
index 016d0d8..595b5df 100644
--- a/modules/geoip/README
+++ b/modules/geoip/README
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ Chapter 1. Admin Guide
and its derivatives as libgeoip, and probably by other distributions as
well.
+ Debian Linux squeeze includes already a database as dependency, but as
+ this contain the wrong data, it will not work correctly with the
+ module. More acurate, the module expect the GeoIP City Edition, and
+ will not work with the GeoIP Country Edition. In newer Debian Linux
+ releases the package geoip-database-contrib should contain the
+ necessary database. You can download the Lite edition of the DB from
+ here.
+
This module exports a new class of pseudo-variables - $gip(pvc=>key) -
to enable access to the results of a query to the database.
diff --git a/modules/geoip/doc/geoip_admin.xml b/modules/geoip/doc/geoip_admin.xml
index b8c9f17..f1df9ca 100644
--- a/modules/geoip/doc/geoip_admin.xml
+++ b/modules/geoip/doc/geoip_admin.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
</para>
<para>
This database itself can be obtained on a free or commercial basis
- <ulink
url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">here</ulink>;here</ulink>.
The
+ <ulink
url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/ip-location">here</ulink>;here</ulink>.
The
library that interfaces with the Max Mind API, as well as scripts to
automate downloading of the on-disk version of the open-source
database is also packaged by the Debian Linux distribution and
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@
other distributions as well.
</para>
<para>
+ Debian Linux squeeze includes already a database as dependency, but as
+ this contain the wrong data, it will not work correctly with the module.
+ More acurate, the module expect the <emphasis>GeoIP City
Edition</emphasis>,
+ and will not work with the <emphasis>GeoIP Country Edition</emphasis>. In
+ newer Debian Linux releases the package
<emphasis>geoip-database-contrib</emphasis>
+ should contain the necessary database. You can download the Lite edition
+ of the DB from <ulink
url="http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity">here</ulink>;here</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
This module exports a new class of pseudo-variables -
$gip(pvc=>key) - to enable access to the results of a query to the
database.