[Bro-Dev] #538: lookup_location() should handle missing database gracefully.

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#538: lookup_location() should handle missing database gracefully.
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  Reporter:  gregor   |      Owner:
      Type:  Problem  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  High     |  Milestone:  Bro1.6
 Component:  Bro      |    Version:  git/master
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
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Comment (by seth):

 > It appears this is hardcoded in libgeoip's code. So in order to get rid
 of
 > this error message, we have set stderr to something else before calling
 > libgeoip code and then restoring stderr. Grrr.

 If we just stop trying to access fields that aren't in the currently
 loaded database the errors should go away.  I would much rather do that
 than try to catch messages that libgeoip is outputting.

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