Source: python-django Version: 1.3.1-1 Severity: wishlist GeoIP database should be accessible without further configuration after installing package geoip-database-contrib. A patch is attached to change the defaults.
Also python-django could have Suggests: geoip-database-contrib
>From 88c19ec756e6c82c49dfe401c0c930e18887916f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tapio Rantala <tapio.rant...@iki.fi> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:31:33 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Use Debian default settings GeoIP database --- django/contrib/gis/utils/geoip.py | 10 +++++----- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/utils/geoip.py b/django/contrib/gis/utils/geoip.py index eedaef9..243dd29 100644 --- a/django/contrib/gis/utils/geoip.py +++ b/django/contrib/gis/utils/geoip.py @@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ class GeoIP(object): * path: Base directory to where GeoIP data is located or the full path to where the city or country data files (*.dat) are located. Assumes that both the city and country data sets are located in - this directory; overrides the GEOIP_PATH settings attribute. + this directory. Defaults to '/usr/share/GeoIP'; overrides the + GEOIP_PATH settings attribute. * cache: The cache settings when opening up the GeoIP datasets, and may be an integer in (0, 1, 2, 4) corresponding to @@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ class GeoIP(object): 'GeoIP.dat'; overrides the GEOIP_COUNTRY settings attribute. * city: The name of the GeoIP city data file. Defaults to - 'GeoLiteCity.dat'; overrides the GEOIP_CITY settings attribute. + 'GeoIPCity.dat'; overrides the GEOIP_CITY settings attribute. """ # Checking the given cache option. if cache in self.cache_options: @@ -187,8 +188,7 @@ class GeoIP(object): # Getting the GeoIP data path. if not path: - path = GEOIP_SETTINGS.get('GEOIP_PATH', None) - if not path: raise GeoIPException('GeoIP path must be provided via parameter or the GEOIP_PATH setting.') + path = GEOIP_SETTINGS.get('GEOIP_PATH', '/usr/share/GeoIP') if not isinstance(path, basestring): raise TypeError('Invalid path type: %s' % type(path).__name__) @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class GeoIP(object): self._country = geoip_open(country_db, cache) self._country_file = country_db - city_db = os.path.join(path, city or GEOIP_SETTINGS.get('GEOIP_CITY', 'GeoLiteCity.dat')) + city_db = os.path.join(path, city or GEOIP_SETTINGS.get('GEOIP_CITY', 'GeoIPCity.dat')) if os.path.isfile(city_db): self._city = geoip_open(city_db, cache) self._city_file = city_db -- 1.7.2.5