FreeTDS Development Group

["ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>]

> 
> Hello!
> 
> I'm trying to update the FreeBSD port of FreeTDS from the current 0.64
> 
>  http://www.freshports.org/databases/freetds/
> 
> to the latest 0.82. I'm facing the following problems:
> 
>  1. A number of header files are no longer installed by 
> FreeTDS itself.
>     tds.h is one example.
>  2. Similarly, shared libraries, such as libtds.so.5 is no 
> longer installed,
>     hurting binary compatibility (ABI) and, no doubt, some 
> Makefiles somewhere.

yes, we removed entirely libTDS (headers and libraries) from
distribution. This to assure future ABI.

>  3. Even on the API front, sqsh, for example, refuses to built now:
> 
> cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=opteron  
> -DSQSH_RC='"/opt/etc/sqshrc.default:/opt/etc/sqshrc:${HOME}/.s
qshrc"' -DUSE_READLINE -DOLD_READLINE     -DUSE_X11  -DUSE_MOTIF  >
-I/opt/include  -I/opt/include  -c cmd_bcp.c
> cmd_bcp.c: In function 'cmd_bcp':
> cmd_bcp.c:345: error: 'BLK_VERSION_150' undeclared (first use 
> in this function)
> cmd_bcp.c:345: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported 
> only once
> cmd_bcp.c:345: error: for each function it appears in.)
> cmd_bcp.c:350: error: 'BLK_VERSION_125' undeclared (first use 
> in this function)
> cmd_bcp.c:355: error: 'BLK_VERSION_120' undeclared (first use 
> in this function)
> *** Error code 1
> 
>  I notice, that BLK_VERSION_100 and _110 are still defined in 
> cspublic.h
>  (both as CS_VERSION_100), but that's it -- the API 
> compatibility with the
>  older version is now broken.
> 

:( fixed in a post patch at freetds.sf.net. James is planning to package
an updated source package.

> Were all of these changes intentional, or are some of them an 
> oversight?
> 
> Please, advise. Thanks!
> 

Regards
  Frediano Ziglio