From b8e0f7d4cf91465532cf2d5365f147fb13a3b841 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke aka SwissalpS <Luke@SwissalpS.ws>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:25:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] use smallest area at position

---
 areas.lua | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/areas.lua b/areas.lua
index 512736a..5c39b5e 100644
--- a/areas.lua
+++ b/areas.lua
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ end
 -- protection check
 local old_is_protected = minetest.is_protected
 function minetest.is_protected(pos, name)
-  local area_list = areas:getAreasAtPos(pos)
-  for id in pairs(area_list) do
-    local required_priv = priv_areas[id]
-
-    if required_priv and not minetest.check_player_privs(name, required_priv) then
+	local _, id = areas:getSmallestAreaAtPos(pos)
+	if id then
+		local required_priv = priv_areas[id]
+		if required_priv and not minetest.check_player_privs(name, required_priv) then
 			-- required privililege not met, protected
 			return true
-    end
-  end
+		end
+	end
 
 	return old_is_protected(pos, name)
 end

From 25448ccbf16941a90164797efd11e5ddedb1e7b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke aka SwissalpS <Luke@SwissalpS.ws>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:50:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] be backward compatible

---
 areas.lua | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/areas.lua b/areas.lua
index 5c39b5e..78a24f4 100644
--- a/areas.lua
+++ b/areas.lua
@@ -9,12 +9,24 @@ end
 -- protection check
 local old_is_protected = minetest.is_protected
 function minetest.is_protected(pos, name)
-	local _, id = areas:getSmallestAreaAtPos(pos)
-	if id then
-		local required_priv = priv_areas[id]
-		if required_priv and not minetest.check_player_privs(name, required_priv) then
-			-- required privililege not met, protected
-			return true
+	if areas.getSmallestAreaAtPos then
+		local _, id = areas:getSmallestAreaAtPos(pos)
+		if id then
+			local required_priv = priv_areas[id]
+			if required_priv and not minetest.check_player_privs(name, required_priv) then
+				-- required privililege not met, protected
+				return true
+			end
+		end
+	else
+		local area_list = areas:getAreasAtPos(pos)
+		for id in pairs(area_list) do
+			local required_priv = priv_areas[id]
+
+			if required_priv and not minetest.check_player_privs(name, required_priv) then
+				-- required privililege not met, protected
+				return true
+			end
 		end
 	end