FreeTDS Development Group

[Mihai Ibanescu <misa AT dntis.ro>]

On Thu, 3 Sep 1998, Brian Bruns wrote:

> On 09/03/98, "Mihai Ibanescu <misa AT dntis.ro>" wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Brian Bruns wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > The autoconf looks good, just a couple of minor issues.
> > > 
> > > 1) Versions: I've upped this to version 0.3, there were enough changes 
> > > to
> > >    justify this, especially with gnuification (?) This version also
> > >    includes Greggs long query fix.  It's it the normal place:
> > >
> > > ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/freetds-0.3.tgz
> > 
> >     That's correct. But the version upgrade could be done only by the
> > authors. Maybe it's room to talk about the version numbering here. I don't
> > know if it's OK to skip from 0.22 to 0.3, maybe to 0.30. Or to mark devel
> > versions something like 0.2-2 or 0.2.2, then we could skip to 0.3. This is
> > because if I RPM package it for RedHat systems, I believe rpm will think
> > 0.22 is newer than 0.3 (and not only rpm is the problem). Maybe I'm wrong.
> > 
> I was thinking of following the Gnome-type numbering...ie .22 is the 22nd 
> pre-1.0 version. This way we don't have to worry that .3 is 30% done or 
> some such.

        So, why 0.3 and not 0.30, to mark the 30th devel version?

> > > 3) The lib directory...most programs built against open client expect a
> > >    $SYBASE/lib directory.  It appears everything is going into
> > >    $SYBASE/src/[dir]/.libs ?  I could be mistaken on this one.
> > 
> >     Well, one could force it to install there:
> > 
> > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds
> > export SYBASE=/usr/local/freetds
> > 
> >     If it's going to be like this, probably another thing to write in
> > the FAQ. Otherwise, have to read more to find out how to change the
> > default prefix. Probably I'll have to define prefix=/usr/local/freetds in
> > the config.in.
> 
> This really should be the default...sqsh at least wants a structure like 
> that.
> 
> The important files/directories that would be expected in $SYBASE:
> $SYBASE/interfaces
> $SYBASE/include 
> $SYBASE/lib
> 
> And I'm probably forgetting a couple (like locales if we get to this 
> someday).

        To make it default is really easy.

> > > 5) BSDI...I get an error making on a BSDI machine in the dblib 
> > > directory,
> > >    the error message follows, (possibly assuming GMake?)
> > > 
> > > make: don't know how to make /%,. Stop
> > 
> >     I think it's because a non-GNU make.
> > 
> We will most likely be facing this on all the non-free OSes. We need to 
> properly detect this.

        Wait a minute. autoconf is a GNU tool, and non-free OSes don't
have it. Sun's cc sucks, so most of the people use gcc. _And_ most of the
people use GNU make (_not_ gmake). IMHO, if I use autoconf, automake and
libtool, I should use GNU tools.
        Brian, sorry... when you build a package, just type `make dist';
this way, the sources won't be compiled in the package. I was amazed how
much the 0.3 version grew compared to 0.22... :-) autoconf is really cool
because it lets one build packages without having the concern of not
copying object files etc.
        0.31 will be up in a couple of hours with some fixes. But I
_really_ needed to say this.

best wishes,

                                                Mihai

        Mihai Ibanescu                  Dynamic Network Technologies 
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