Uwe Grauer wrote:
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>> Uwe Grauer wrote:
>>> More concerns about the current ubuntu version of Firebird2.
>>>
>>> I wasn't shure about the current status of firebird2 on ubuntu.
>>> But as i said, it may be better to use the binaries from firebirdsql.org.
>>>
>>> Could someone with access to a ubuntu-box check wheather or not the
>>> following is a true concern?
>>>
>>> As Carl Karsten reported back to me, he couldn't restore a transportable
>>> backup from my little firebird-test db coming from my opensuse 10.2 box.
>>> Carl, please check again.
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$ ./mkdb.sh
>> ++ sudo apt-get install firebird2-super-server firebird2-utils-super
>> Password:
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> firebird2-super-server is already the newest version.
>> firebird2-utils-super is already the newest version.
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> ++ wget http://dabodev.com/tracker/0274/all_types_fb2.fbk
>> --18:50:15--  http://dabodev.com/tracker/0274/all_types_fb2.fbk
>>             => `all_types_fb2.fbk'
>> Resolving dabodev.com... 66.67.120.94
>> Connecting to dabodev.com|66.67.120.94|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>> Length: 3,584 (3.5K) [application/octet-stream]
>>
>> 100%[====================================>] 3,584         --.--K/s
>>
>> 18:50:16 (61.52 KB/s) - `all_types_fb2.fbk' saved [3584/3584]
>>
>> ++ gbak -c -v -user SYSDBA -password foo all_types_fb2.fbk 
>> localhost:test_all.fdb
>> gbak: opened file all_types_fb2.fbk
>> gbak: transportable backup -- data in XDR format
>> gbak:           backup file is compressed
>> gbak: ERROR: Expected backup version 1, 2, or 3.  Found 7
>> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/test$
>>
> 
> Ok, Thank's Carl.
> To be shure i just rechecked the md5sum of
> http://dabodev.com/tracker/0274/all_types_fb2.fbk
> against my version of it. They are the same.
> 
> 
> That means that the ubuntu version of firebird2 is a patched version of
> firebird1.5.x and really isn't firebird 2.0!
> 
> These versions are not fully compatible.
> 
> SO BE WARNED!
> 
> debian/ubunto firebird2 is a patched version of firebird1.5.x
> 
> If you want to use firebird 2.0 grab the version from firebirdsql.org.
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/FirebirdSS-2.0.0.12748-0.nptl.i686.tar.gz
> 
> Uwe
> 

I rechecked with firebird-support.
Now it's clear.

Carl installed some sort of fb 1.5.3.
The Ubuntu firebird2 isn't what it claimed to be.

Here is the reply from Helen Borie:

> It's not clear what you're saying here, but "firebird2" packages from
> the debian (ubuntu) download areas are Firebird 1.5.3, not firebird
> 2.  So if (on Ubuntu) you are using the Firebird that is installed
> from the package calling itself "firebird2_"-something, it won't open
> a Firebird 2 backup because the package contains Firebird 1.5.
>
> Oh, and don't be surprised if your Ubuntu-Firebird misbehaves in some
> way.  That's because Debian allows its packagers to freely patch code
> into its distributions that hasn't been through any QA validation
> around the certified Firebird releases and, of course, they do
> it.  That's the "spirit of open source", Debian-style, apparently.
>
> And don't shoot me - I'm only the messenger.
>
> ./heLen

I think this clarifies this seen behavior.

Uwe


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