After installing the package, there are some false softlinks (missing the leading "/"): /usr/lib/firebird/intl/fbintl -> usr/lib/libfbintl.so /usr/lib/firebird/intl/fbintl.conf -> etc/firebird/fbintl.conf /usr/lib/firebird/plugins/libfbtrace.so -> usr/lib/libfbtrace.so Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install the package. 2. Try to connect with charset "ISO8859_1" (for example, with "FlameRobin"). Actual Results: Server says "CHARACTER SET ISO8859_1 is not defined" and refuses connection. Expected Results: Connecting to the database.
Created attachment 421906 [details] error message Some client applications show this error message. ebuild to fix that here : https://github.com/linuxunderground/gentoo.overlay/tree/master/dev-db/firebird Please, in the same time, update ebuild version to 2.5.5
Are you willing to proxy maintain this package? https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers Thanks
Created attachment 422272 [details] cutdown form / tail of the build log The ebuild has a couple of issues to sort before it is ready. The log attached here illustrates that it needs a fix to an issue re multilib. I am fairly certain you do not had multilib-strict set in FEATURES in make.conf. Also, from use of sudo ` this was accepted to invoke the emerge / build, but @ install phase it failed due to a missing file set to be hard set coded with dosbin bin/fb_inet_server. The build and install require the use of the flag superserver to effectively install. This implies an error in the logic of REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( client superserver xinetd )" for this is the code that endorsed the use of USE="client superserver". Otherwise well done to get to this point
I am amazed : a gentoo dev introduced a regression in firebird ebuild recently (see changelog) and no one wants to commit a fix ? (my fix or another one, I don't care) Is this the real situation ?
The real situation is that this package has no maintainer and becoming a proxy maintainer would be the way to go as otherwise you depend on the time a few people have for looking to the big amount of packages "orphaned" that are in the tree
(In reply to Ian Delaney from comment #3) > Also, from use of sudo ` > this was accepted to invoke the emerge / build, but @ install phase it > failed due to a missing file set to be hard set coded with > dosbin bin/fb_inet_server. See my comments here https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420939#c3 (In reply to Pacho Ramos from comment #5) > The real situation is that this package has no maintainer and becoming a > proxy maintainer would be the way to go as otherwise you depend on the time > a few people have for looking to the big amount of packages "orphaned" that > are in the tree The real situation is devrel now comrel drove the maintainer, me, away. They have since done everything to prevent my return, thus the package has no maintainer. Gentoo self inflicted. I proxied maintained it for some time, but that is very inefficient. Not to mention others can still come along and make changes who are actual devs. I maintain all the firebird stuff in my overlay rather than mess with proxying. https://github.com/Obsidian-StudiosInc/os-xtoo/tree/master/dev-db Flamerobin, now removed from tree, also the ODBC driver, and of course Firebird, including ebuild for 3.0. I need to work on the live ebuild and there will also be that... Jaybird I have been able to keep some what current in tree.
I'm also hitted by this bug. William, I tried your ebuild for dev-db/firebird-2.5.5.26952.0-r2 . It creates bad symlinks: # ls -lah /usr/lib64/firebird/intl razem 8,0K drwxr-xr-x 2 firebird firebird 4,0K 09-05 09:55 . drwxr-xr-x 6 firebird firebird 4,0K 09-05 09:55 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 firebird firebird 22 09-05 09:55 fbintl -> usr/lib64/libfbintl.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 firebird firebird 24 09-05 09:55 fbintl.conf -> etc/firebird/fbintl.conf It misses "/" on begin of destination path. After manual fixing of symlinks application that uses firebird works correctly. Shouldn't be Status of bug set to "Confirmed"?
Thanks, fixed by commit 06590bfb0f7ec387135e4c00935c52dcef5d00ef
