On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 11:26:24AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Package: unixodbc-dev > Version: 2.2.11-13 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch
> Please install the program odbc_config in the package unixodbc-dev. The > new psqlodbc driver wants this to build. So, I'm philosophically opposed to the introduction of new per-library "-config" helpers, because of how often they get things wrong. Including odbc_config in this case: $ ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/odbc_config --static-libs /usr/lib/libodbc.a $ That's wrong, a) there's no reason to output the /usr/lib instead of just outputting -lodbc, and b) it's missing references to -lltdl and -lpthread $ ./debian/tmp/usr/bin/odbc_config --libtool-libs /usr/lib/libodbc.la $ This is an abstraction violation, nothing should be referencing the .la file directly and I will not ship anything in a Debian package I maintain that encourages such misuse of libtool internals. I'll try to find some time to talk to upstream about this, and encourage them to ship a pkg-config .pc file instead (which I would then encourage psqlodbc upstream to give preference to over odbc_config). I'm not sure if I would agree to ship odbc_config in the meantime if it were fixed to not give wrong output, I'll have to think about that. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
