[tor-relays] Re: GeoIPFile option warning

[krishna e bera via tor-relays <tor-relays@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I hate to revive an old topic, but i am still getting this warning 
message 2 years later.

On 2024-03-25 07:55, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> krishna e bera wrote:
>
> > I am seeing these warnings in Tor's notices.log:
> >
> > Mar 24 09:42:21.000 [notice] Configured to measure directory request 
> > statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP 
> > database using the GeoIPFile option.
> > Mar 24 09:42:21.000 [notice] Configured to measure entry node 
> > statistics, but no GeoIP database found. Please specify a GeoIP 
> > database using the GeoIPFile option.
> >
> > However the option is set in torrc and i verified the files are at 
> > those locations and readable by all:
> >
> > GeoIPFile /usr/local/share/tor/geoip
> > GeoIPv6File /usr/local/share/tor/geoip6
> >
> > Any hints how i could check whether the warnings are spurious or dump 
> > what the running config actually is?  I know it is reading the torrc 
> > because introducing an error in the file stops it from loading.
>
> Do you get such notices:
>   Mar 25 12:43:29.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv4 file 
> f:\Mingw32\src\inet\Tor-Project\src\config\geoip.
>   Mar 25 12:43:29.000 [notice] Parsing GEOIP IPv6 file 
> f:\Mingw32\src\inet\Tor-Project\src\config\geoip6.
>
> in your .log-files? If not, 'tor_fopen_cloexec()' fails to read them.

I do not get these notices.

> I'm on Windows (as you see) and thus have no issue with this
> 'FD_CLOEXEC' non-sense that your may have.
>
> Or try running 'scripts/maint/geoip/update_geoip.sh'.
There is no such script in the folder in version 0.4.9.11

I compiled Tor from latest source tarball.


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