Bug#998169: transition: unixodbc

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

On 2021-11-03 21:23:20, Hugh McMaster wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
> 
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 10:24, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> >
> > Why do the binary packages have Breaks + Replaces on binary packages
> > with the old SONAME?
> 
> Some files are split from existing packages:
>   * unixodbc-common takes over some files from odbcinst and odbcinst1debian2.
>   * libodbcinst2 takes over the (old) library from odbcinst1debian2
>   * libodbccr2 takes over the (old) library, which is split from libodbc1
>   * libodbc2 takes over the library from libodbc1
> 
> Note that libodbc1 and odbcinst1debian2 (currently in Sid) contain
> symlinks for library version 1 to library version 2, but the existing
> packages are named for the old soversion.

What? Why? How did that happen? Are libodbc1 and libodbc2 actually ABI
compatible?

Cheers

> 
> Breaks+Replaces ensures a smooth transition.
> 
> On a separate note, the asterisk source package now builds and will
> migrate to testing on Wednesday evening (UTC). It just needs a rebuild
> during the unixodbc migration.
> 

-- 
Sebastian Ramacher