[Geoip-c-discuss] ANN: GeoIP C API 1.4.5

[Boris Z. <bze...@ma...>]

Hi,

GeoIP C library 1.4.5 has been released and is available for download:
http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/api/c/GeoIP-1.4.5.tar.gz


1.4.5	2008-09-16
	* metro_code replace the depreciated dma_code field ( Boris Zentner )
	* Add new function GeoIP_range_by_ip_delete
		r = GeoIP_range_by_ip(gi, '24.24.24.24');
		...
		GeoIP_range_by_ip_delete(r); ( Boris Zentner )
	* Fix small memoryleak and wrap around in GeoIP_range_by_ip ( Boris  
Zentner )
	* CHECK_CACHE stat the database file not faster than once a second  
anymore ( Patrick McManus )
	* Fixed a typo in the geoipupdate(1) manpage and also an non-existent  
path on Debian (Patrick Matthäi)
	* Fixes two little format errors (hyphen used as minus sign) in both  
manpages (Patrick Matthäi)
	* Sync regionName.c with a recent fips code list ( Boris Zentner )
	* Fix segfault when open failed for a custom file (-f) ( Boris  
Zentner )
	* Fix sync geoiplookup's man page with the code ( Klaus Heinz )
	* remove unused code from GeoIP_country_name_by_addr and  
GeoIP_country_code3_by_addr ( Boris Zentner )
	* Fix geoiplookup and geoiplookup6 to distinguish between failed  
namelookups and unknown ips ( Boris Zentner )
	* add geoiplookup6 that can handle the new database type  
GEOIP_COUNTRY_EDITION_V6 ( Boris Zentner )
	* add new functions to handle ipv6

		GEOIP_API const char *GeoIP_country_name_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi,  
geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API const char *GeoIP_country_code_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi,  
geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API const char *GeoIP_country_code3_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi,  
geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_org_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi, geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_org_by_addr_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *addr);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_org_by_name_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *name);
		GEOIP_API int GeoIP_id_by_addr_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *addr);
		GEOIP_API int GeoIP_id_by_name_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *host);
		GEOIP_API int GeoIP_id_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi, geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API GeoIPRegion * GeoIP_region_by_addr_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const  
char *addr);
		GEOIP_API GeoIPRegion * GeoIP_region_by_name_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const  
char *host);
		GEOIP_API GeoIPRegion * GeoIP_region_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP *gi,  
geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API void GeoIP_assign_region_by_inetaddr_v6(GeoIP* gi,  
geoipv6_t inetaddr, GeoIPRegion *gir);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_name_by_ipnum_v6 (GeoIP* gi, geoipv6_t ipnum);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_name_by_addr_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *addr);
		GEOIP_API char *GeoIP_name_by_name_v6 (GeoIP* gi, const char *name);

		# allowed input for addr
		2001:4860:0:1001::68
		::85.8.93.71
		::1
		::5508::5d47
		::ffff:5508::5d47

		# allowed input for host
		ipv6.google.com
		2001:4860:0:1001::68
		::85.8.93.71
		::1
		::5508::5d47
		::ffff:5508::5d47
          ( Boris Zentner )
	* Fix geoiplookup usage string ( add -d -f ) ( Boris Zentner )
	* Added GeoIP_range_by_ip, returns the start and end IP address for  
the range containing the IP address.
		This range has a constant value in the GeoIP database.
	* Add geoipupdate-pureperl.pl a alternative geoipupdate version. with  
Proxy Server support via via the "http_proxy" environment variable.  
Easy to customize. ( Boris Zentner )
	* Add WIN64 since WIN32 is not defined on WIN64 Systems ( Boris  
Zentner )
	* Fix WIN32 compilation by encircle all MMAP functions with #ifdef  
WIN32 #endif pairs. MMAP is not avail in W32 ( Boris Zentner )
	* Update timezone/generate_timeZone.pl ( Boris Zentner )
	* Update libGeoIP/timeZone.c ( Boris Zentner )
	* Added GeoIP_printf and GeoIP_fprintf as a experimental feature to
		libGeoIPUpdate. ( Boris Zentner, Andrew Droffner )
	* Added cast in _iso_8859_1__utf8 function to fix NetWare/Win32  
compilation issue (Guenter Knauf)
	* Add HTTP Proxy Server support for geoipupdate via the "http_proxy"
		environment variable.
		ie: export http_proxy="http://proxy-hostname:port"
		( Andrew Droffner, Derek Nicol )
	* Notice, that __YOU__ need to free the results of

			GeoIP_database_info
			GeoIP_name_by_ipnum
			GeoIP_name_by_addr
			GeoIP_name_by_name
			GeoIP_org_by_ipnum
			GeoIP_org_by_addr
			GeoIP_org_by_name

		not libgeoip
		( Boris Zentner, Andrew Cheung )
	* Fixed segfault with geoiplookup, if used with a custom_file  
database, that
		could not be opened. ( Boris Zentner )
	* Add Usage info for options -f and -d in geoipupdate ( Boris Zentner )
	* Fixed segfault with geoipupdate when called with a illformed  
license file
		( Boris Zentner )
	* Update add more timezones to GeoIP_time_zone_by_country_and_region
		( Boris Zentner )
	* Add array access functions so programs can avoid accessing the
		arrays directly which whould break binary compatability (Ludwig  
Nussel at SUSE)
	* Updated README to state API is only thread-safe if  
GEOIP_CHECK_CACHE is not used


--
Boris