Package: unixodbc
Version: 2.3.12-2
Severity: normal

Dear maintainer,

I got a bug filed[1] in Ubuntu saying that the odbc_config tool is
missing from the packaging. It seems that's on purpose, because since
2.3.9-1 this tool is even listed in d/not-installed. I checked a bit
more history but couldn't find a reason. Incidentally, "make install"
installs it just fine in /usr/bin.

This is trivial to fix, and I'm happy to provide a patch, but first I
would like to check with you if this was indeed on purpose, or just an oversight.

Thanks!



1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unixodbc/+bug/2103828

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Control: -1 wontfix

Hi Andreas,

Sorry for the delayed reply. I've just returned from a 2-week vacation.

On 25/03/2025 8:52 am, Andreas Hasenack wrote:

Package: unixodbc
Version: 2.3.12-2
Severity: normal

Dear maintainer,

I got a bug filed[1] in Ubuntu saying that the odbc_config tool is
missing from the packaging. It seems that's on purpose, because since
2.3.9-1 this tool is even listed in d/not-installed. I checked a bit
more history but couldn't find a reason. Incidentally, "make install" installs it just fine in /usr/bin.

Debian never packaged odbc_config because the script got several things
wrong. See #422207 [1] for more details.

odbc_config is also incompatible with Debian's multi-arch support, as it
only supports the host architecture.

This is trivial to fix, and I'm happy to provide a patch, but first I
would like to check with you if this was indeed on purpose, or just an oversight.

Thanks!

1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unixodbc/+bug/2103828>

Anyone wanting to link with the odbc, odbccr or odbcinst libraries
should use pkg-config to get the headers and libraries as required.

Packaging the script would also break multi-arch support.

Here is a minimal example using cmake:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.31)
project(unixodbc_test)
include(FindPkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(ODBC REQUIRED odbc)

Kind regards,

Hugh

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422207

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Hello Hugh,

thank you very much for your response.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 4:59 AM Hugh McMaster <hugh.mcmaster@outlook.com> wrote:

Control: -1 wontfix

Hi Andreas,

Sorry for the delayed reply. I've just returned from a 2-week vacation.

On 25/03/2025 8:52 am, Andreas Hasenack wrote:

Package: unixodbc
Version: 2.3.12-2
Severity: normal

Dear maintainer,

I got a bug filed[1] in Ubuntu saying that the odbc_config tool is
missing from the packaging. It seems that's on purpose, because since 2.3.9-1 this tool is even listed in d/not-installed. I checked a bit
more history but couldn't find a reason. Incidentally, "make install" installs it just fine in /usr/bin.

Debian never packaged odbc_config because the script got several things wrong. See #422207 [1] for more details.

odbc_config is also incompatible with Debian's multi-arch support, as it
only supports the host architecture.

This is trivial to fix, and I'm happy to provide a patch, but first I
would like to check with you if this was indeed on purpose, or just an oversight.

Thanks!

1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unixodbc/+bug/2103828>

Anyone wanting to link with the odbc, odbccr or odbcinst libraries
should use pkg-config to get the headers and libraries as required.

Packaging the script would also break multi-arch support.

Here is a minimal example using cmake:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.31)
project(unixodbc_test)
include(FindPkgConfig)
pkg_check_modules(ODBC REQUIRED odbc)

I'll relay this back into the ubuntu bug, and advise we won't be
changing this then.

Thanks again for your kind response.

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