Bug#639300: libiodbc2 -- iODBC Driver Manager orphaned
Hello Steve,
> This week with Christoph Berg's help, unixodbc has been converted for
> multiarch in unstable along with the common drivers: libmyodbc,
> tdsodbc, and odbc-postgresql. The converted drivers are now all installed in
> /usr/lib/<arch>/odbc, and the /etc/odbcinst.ini config has been updated to
> use relative paths instead of absolute ones.
>
> libiodbc2, which has been orphaned for nearly three years, has *not* been
> updated for multiarch, and so libiodbc will fail to locate these drivers on
> disk. As a result, these drivers declare a Breaks: against libiodbc2.
I guess the problem is not about iODBC finding shared drivers like
libmyodbc. Instead a driver build against unixODBC is not compatible
with one build against iODBC. See bug #598787.
This means if both iODBC and unixODBC are kept, separate packages
for libmyodbc are needed.
I have had a look at the upstream.
http://unixodbc.svn.sourceforge.net/
shows active development.
http://iodbc.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/iodbc/iODBC/iodbc/
shows no activity since 2009.
I guess the next step should be to ask the upstream author
of iODBC, if iODBC will be supported in future.
Best regards
Xypron
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