Hi all, A number of years back, I implemented some maintainer script logic for several of the ODBC drivers available in Debian which would allow the ODBC drivers to be automatically registered and unregistered with the driver manager, using the 'odbcinst' utility that's provided upstream.
However, this has never been enabled by default because the odbcinst interface is very basic, with the result that on every upgrade any local modifications to the config for this driver would be lost. The debconf question is also not shown at the default priority in order to not clutter the installation process. There are long-standing bugs report requesting that this be changed: http://bugs.debian.org/250850 - myodbc http://bugs.debian.org/362012 - tdsodbc No action has been taken on these bugs, because I can't see a good way to comply with this request and also comply with policy's requirements on local changes at the same time; and I don't want to get into a situation where the user is never shown the question (good), and as a result local changes to /etc/odbcinst.ini will be lost (bad). Short of rearchitecting odbcinst to require an exact config match before update/removal (which would lose us the ability to manage driver config updates in any case), can anyone suggest a way to enable this by default while still complying with policy? Am I being more cautious than warranted in this case where local user changes are concerned? 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/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]