libip2location: 8.3.1 to 8.4.0 compatibility report

Test Info

Library Name	libip2location
Version #1	8.3.1
Version #2	8.4.0
Arch	x86_64
GCC Version	10
Subject	Binary Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	49 / 16
Compatibility	100%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	2
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	6
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Constants	-	3

Added Symbols 2

IP2Location.h, libIP2Location.so.3.0.0
IP2Location_get_addresstype ( struct IP2Location* handler, char* ip )
IP2Location_get_category ( struct IP2Location* handler, char* ip )

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 6

IP2Location.h
[+] struct IP2Location 3

	Change	Effect
1	Field database_size has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized by old clients. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
2	Field license_code has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized by old clients. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
3	Field product_code has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized by old clients. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.

[+] affected symbols: 26 (53.1%)

[+] struct IP2LocationRecord 3

	Change	Effect
1	Field address_type has been added to this type.	1) This field will not be initialized by old clients. 2) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
2	Field category has been added to this type.	1) This field will not be initialized by old clients. 2) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. NOTE: this field should be accessed only from the new library functions, otherwise it may result in crash or incorrect behavior of applications.
3	Size of this type has been changed from 224 bytes to 240 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.

[+] affected symbols: 22 (44.9%)

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Other Changes in Constants 3

	Change	Effect
1	The constant ADDRESSTYPE with value 0x81000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant CATEGORY with value 0x82000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant INVALID_BIN_DATABASE with value "Incorrect IP2Location BIN file format. Please make sure that you are using the latest IP2Location BIN file." has been added.	No effect.

IP2Location.h
[+] ADDRESSTYPE
[+] CATEGORY
[+] INVALID_BIN_DATABASE

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Header Files 1

IP2Location.h

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Libraries 1

libIP2Location.so.3.0.0

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Test Info

Library Name	libip2location
Version #1	8.3.1
Version #2	8.4.0
Arch	x86_64
Subject	Source Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	50 / 16
Compatibility	100%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	2
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	5
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	5
Other Changes in Constants	-	3

Added Symbols 2

IP2Location.h
IP2Location_get_addresstype ( struct IP2Location* handler, char* ip )
IP2Location_get_category ( struct IP2Location* handler, char* ip )

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 5

	Change	Effect
1	Field database_size has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
2	Field license_code has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
3	Field product_code has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.

	Change	Effect
1	Field address_type has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.
2	Field category has been added to this type.	This field will not be initialized or used by old client applications.

IP2Location.h
[+] struct IP2Location 3
[+] struct IP2LocationRecord 2

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Problems with Constants, Low Severity 5

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant ALL has been changed from COUNTRYSHORT \| COUNTRYLONG \| REGION \| CITY \| ISP \| LATITUDE \| LONGITUDE \| DOMAINNAME \| ZIPCODE \| TIMEZONE \| NETSPEED \| IDDCODE \| AREACODE \| WEATHERSTATIONCODE \| WEATHERSTATIONNAME \| MCC \| MNC \| MOBILEBRAND \| ELEVATION \| USAGETYPE to COUNTRYSHORT \| COUNTRYLONG \| REGION \| CITY \| ISP \| LATITUDE \| LONGITUDE \| DOMAINNAME \| ZIPCODE \| TIMEZONE \| NETSPEED \| IDDCODE \| AREACODE \| WEATHERSTATIONCODE \| WEATHERSTATIONNAME \| MCC \| MNC \| MOBILEBRAND \| ELEVATION \| USAGETYPE \| ADDRESSTYPE \| CATEGORY.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant API_VERSION has been changed from 8.3.1 to 8.4.0.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant API_VERSION_MINOR has been changed from 3 to 4.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant API_VERSION_RELEASE has been changed from 1 to 0.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

	Change	Effect
1	The value of constant IP2LOCATION_SHM has been changed from "/IP2location_Shm" to "IP2location_Shm".	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

IP2Location.h
[+] ALL
[+] API_VERSION
[+] API_VERSION_MINOR
[+] API_VERSION_RELEASE
[+] IP2LOCATION_SHM

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Other Changes in Constants 3

	Change	Effect
1	The constant ADDRESSTYPE with value 0x81000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant CATEGORY with value 0x82000 has been added.	No effect.

	Change	Effect
1	The constant INVALID_BIN_DATABASE with value "Incorrect IP2Location BIN file format. Please make sure that you are using the latest IP2Location BIN file." has been added.	No effect.

IP2Location.h
[+] ADDRESSTYPE
[+] CATEGORY
[+] INVALID_BIN_DATABASE

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Header Files 1

IP2Location.h

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Libraries 1

libIP2Location.so.3.0.0

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API compatibility report for the libip2location library between 8.3.1 and 8.4.0 versions on x86_64

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Added Symbols 2

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 6

Other Changes in Constants 3

Header Files 1

Libraries 1

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Added Symbols 2

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 5

Problems with Constants, Low Severity 5

Other Changes in Constants 3

Header Files 1

Libraries 1