Debian Bug report logs - #493475
libgda2-freetds builds against obsolete lib; replace with libgda2-sybase

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libgda3: libgda3-freetds builds against obsolete lib, should be dropped

Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:19:18 -0700

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Package: libgda3
Version: 3.0.2-4
Severity: serious
Tags: sid

Hi Gustavo,

FreeTDS 0.82 has recently been accepted into unstable.  While I believed
this would be a straightforward library ABI transition because the FreeTDS
public APIs are all defined by external specs, it appears that libgda3 has
been linking against libtds.

libtds is an internal library that was never intended for third-party
software to link against, and it has been dropped upstream with the latest
release.  As a result, libgda3 now fails to build.

I've tried to migrate to the sybase provider, since freetds is intended to
be an implementation of the sybase client API, but the sybase provider in
libgda3 is itself broken with undefined symbols (gda_sybase_type_list).  So
in the end I gave up on this; I think the best course of action is to
disable the build of libgda3-freetds.  FreeTDS can still be supported using
the libgda3-odbc backend.

Since freetds 0.63 is no longer supported upstream, and libtds was never a
supported interface anyway, I would like this to be done for lenny; I will
be happy to NMU for this if you like.

Please find two patches attached.  The first includes the changes to disable
building libgda3-freetds.  The second is a patch to fix the issues with
building against the FreeTDS implementation of libct; I think it should
probably be forwarded upstream, but even after applying this patch, the
provider still fails to build.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

[libgda3-lose-freetds.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

[libgda3-sybase-fixes.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #10 received at 493356@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Gustavo R. Montesino" <grmontesino@gmail.com>

To: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>, 493356@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#493356: libgda3: libgda3-freetds builds against obsolete lib, should be dropped

Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:47:34 -0300

Em Sáb, 2008-08-02 às 04:19 -0700, Steve Langasek escreveu:
> Package: libgda3
> Version: 3.0.2-4
> Severity: serious
> Tags: sid
> 
> Hi Gustavo,

Hello,

> 
> FreeTDS 0.82 has recently been accepted into unstable.  While I believed
> this would be a straightforward library ABI transition because the FreeTDS
> public APIs are all defined by external specs, it appears that libgda3 has
> been linking against libtds.
> 
> libtds is an internal library that was never intended for third-party
> software to link against, and it has been dropped upstream with the latest
> release.  As a result, libgda3 now fails to build.
> 
> I've tried to migrate to the sybase provider, since freetds is intended to
> be an implementation of the sybase client API, but the sybase provider in
> libgda3 is itself broken with undefined symbols (gda_sybase_type_list).  So
> in the end I gave up on this; I think the best course of action is to
> disable the build of libgda3-freetds.  FreeTDS can still be supported using
> the libgda3-odbc backend.
> 
> Since freetds 0.63 is no longer supported upstream, and libtds was never a
> supported interface anyway, I would like this to be done for lenny; I will
> be happy to NMU for this if you like.

Feel free to NMU with the freetds provider disabled; with 8 popcon votes
only I suppose this isn't an issue.

> 
> Please find two patches attached.  The first includes the changes to disable
> building libgda3-freetds.  The second is a patch to fix the issues with
> building against the FreeTDS implementation of libct; I think it should
> probably be forwarded upstream, but even after applying this patch, the
> provider still fails to build.

Upstream is currently working heavily on a new version with a lot of
changes to the API, so I don't know if this patch would be useful. For
what I've heard, seems likely this next upstream will release only with
mysql, postgresql and sqlite backends with production quality.

Thanks and regards,

-- 
Gustavo R. Montesino
http://grmontesino.blogspot.com/

Message #15 received at 493356@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: 493356@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: libgda3: libgda3-freetds builds against obsolete lib, should be dropped

Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 10:49:58 -0700

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clone 493356 -1
reassign -1 libgda2
found -1 1.2.4-1
retitle -1 libgda2-freetds builds against obsolete lib; replace with libgda2-sybase
tags -1 patch
thanks

Hi Gustavo,

This same problem applies also to libgda2.  Here, however, the package will
build from source with the small patches to the sybase driver, since the
sybase driver is not broken upstream, so I've provided a patch to enable it
in the build instead.

Because the object name has changed, as well as all the symbols to be looked
up within it, I don't think it's possible to provide a straightforward
compatibility wrapper for the object; so I think it's best to rename the
package (gda2-freetds -> gda2-sybase) at the same time.

Patch is attached; once again, I'm happy to NMU if you find this would be
useful.

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.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

[libgda2-freetds-to-sybase.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #30 received at 493475@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: 493475@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: gda2-freetds builds against obsolete lib; replace with libgda2-sybase

Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:13:01 -0700

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tags 493475 fixed
thanks

NMU diff attached.

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.
Ubuntu Developer                                    http://www.debian.org/
slangasek@ubuntu.com                                     vorlon@debian.org

[libgda2-493475.diff (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Message #39 received at 493475-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>

To: 493475-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#493475: fixed in libgda2 1.2.4-1.1

Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:01:57 +0000

Source: libgda2
Source-Version: 1.2.4-1.1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libgda2, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gda2-mysql_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/gda2-mysql_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
gda2-odbc_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/gda2-odbc_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
gda2-postgres_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/gda2-postgres_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
gda2-sqlite_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/gda2-sqlite_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
gda2-sybase_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/gda2-sybase_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
libgda2-3-dbg_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-3-dbg_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
libgda2-3_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-3_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
libgda2-bin_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-bin_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
libgda2-common_1.2.4-1.1_all.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-common_1.2.4-1.1_all.deb
libgda2-dev_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-dev_1.2.4-1.1_amd64.deb
libgda2-doc_1.2.4-1.1_all.deb
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2-doc_1.2.4-1.1_all.deb
libgda2_1.2.4-1.1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2_1.2.4-1.1.diff.gz
libgda2_1.2.4-1.1.dsc
  to pool/main/libg/libgda2/libgda2_1.2.4-1.1.dsc



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 493475@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> (supplier of updated libgda2 package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:21:50 +0000
Source: libgda2
Binary: libgda2-3 libgda2-bin libgda2-common libgda2-dev libgda2-3-dbg libgda2-doc gda2-mysql gda2-odbc gda2-postgres gda2-sqlite gda2-sybase
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 1.2.4-1.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Gustavo R. Montesino <grmontesino@ig.com.br>
Changed-By: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
Description: 
 gda2-mysql - MySQL backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 gda2-odbc  - ODBC backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 gda2-postgres - PostgreSQL backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME
 gda2-sqlite - SQLite backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 gda2-sybase - FreeTDS backend plugin for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 libgda2-3  - GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 libgda2-3-dbg - GDA2 library and debugging symbols
 libgda2-bin - Binary files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 libgda2-common - Common files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 libgda2-dev - Development files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
 libgda2-doc - Documentation files for GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2
Closes: 493475
Changes: 
 libgda2 (1.2.4-1.1) unstable; urgency=high
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload with maintainer's approval.
   * High-urgency upload for RC bugfix.
   * Drop gda2-freetds in favor of gda2-sybase, since the freetds
     provider uses an unsupported and obsolete library interface.
     Closes: #493475.
   * debian/patches/005_freetds_sybase_compat.patch: Fix the sybase
     provider so that it's compatible with the FreeTDS implementation of
     libct.
   * Drop debian/patches/003_freetds_database_segfault.patch, since the
     freetds provider is no longer relevant.
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