firebird2.0 (2.0.4.13130-1.ds1-1) experimental; urgency=low

* New upstream bugfix release
+ adapt debian/get-orig-source.sh; remove more generated files
* refresh patches, drop patches present upstream:
cvs-security-remote-crash.patch
cvs_security-long-username_CVE-2008-0467_#463596.patch
* cvs-port-ia64.patch: drop -fno-rtti as RTTI is needed in 2.0. Hopefully
Closes: #460219 for real
* move booting ot autotools from patch to rules; cleanup rules; invoke
debconf-updatepo in clean target
* rules, make_packages.sh
+ determine version from src/jrd/build_no.h
+ unify with 2.1's version
* patches
+ add local-CFLAGS.patch from 2.1
+ merge create-run-dir into lock-file-location
+ terminate-lock-manager (as we supply CXXFLAGS from rules)
* add deprecated-charp-conversion.patch
+ add -Werror=write-string to exterminate that warning
* stop provifing libfbclient2 package, firebird2.1 (in experimental)
provides it. Instead, build-depend on it

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firebird2.1 Debian package for itanium

The firebird2.1 Debian package has been successfuly built[1] on IA64

[1] http://experimental.debian.net/fetch.php?&pkg=firebird2.1&ver=2.1.0.17798-0.ds1-4&arch=ia64&stamp=1211549239&file=log&as=raw


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geting firebird locks

sudo /usr/lib/firebird/2.1/bin/fb_lock_print
[sudo] password for xxxx:
LOCK_HEADER BLOCK
Version: 244, Active owner: 0, Length: 1048576, Used: 25208
Semmask: 0x0, Flags: 0x0001
Enqs: 1530, Converts: 0, Rejects: 342, Blocks: 42
Deadlock scans: 0, Deadlocks: 0, Scan interval: 0
Acquires: 0, Acquire blocks: 60060822667264, Spin count: 0
Mutex wait: inf%
Hash slots: 1009, Hash lengths (min/avg/max): 0/ 0/ 0
Remove node: 0, Insert queue: 0, Insert prior: 0
Owners: *empty*
Free owners (9): forward: 20848, backward: 21040
Free locks (21): forward: 24384, backward: 21752
Free requests (20): forward: 23872, backward: 21560
Lock Ordering: Enabled

Event log:
DEL_OWNER: owner = 20848, lock = 20848, request = 0
DEL_OWNER: owner = 22200, lock = 22200, request = 0
DEL_OWNER: owner = 21368, lock = 21368, request = 0
DEL_OWNER: owner = 21040, lock = 21040, request = 0


The tool for checking the lock table is fb_lock_print, which is a command line utility in the bin directory of the Firebird installation tree. The full lock print describes the entire state of the lock table and is of limited interest. When your system is under load and behaving badly, invoke the utility with no options or switches, directing the output to a file

Read more on this page
http://ibdeveloper.com/issues/issue-2-oct-17-2005/locking-firebird-and-the-lock-table/

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firebird 2.1 for fedora 9 and fedora 8

here is for fedora 9
http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/tigro/9/i386/
here is for fedora 8
http://mirror.yandex.ru/fedora/tigro/8/i386/


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firebird 2.0.4 is now in mandriva

http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/devel/cooker/SRPMS/contrib/release/

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maintainer for suse offer

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.packaging/2237

Hi I'm Philippe Makowski
 I'm a member of Firebird Project and will be pleased to help you
 as I did for Mandriva

May I suggest you start from the Mandriva RPM

http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/MandrivaLinux/devel/cooker/SRPMS/contrib/release/
 firebird-2.0.4.13130.1-1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

In Mandriva you will find also rpm for Flamerobin,
 PHP driver, Python driver, Java driver

 just let me know what you need or to what or other things
 I have to subscribe

 I would be pleased to setup  an opensuse box to test your future work

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Old security bug fixed already in 2.0.4 and 2.1

Security vulnerability in Borland InterBase

A security vulnerability discovered early this year in open source database Firebird also affects Borland's InterBase. The security vulnerability allows ...


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Popularity contest statistics for firebird2.1

here are stats for debian firebird2.1 installs
http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firebird2.1

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firebird ports for intanium and hppa

if you watch the debian building logs for different architectures then there are a few ones left to be done , intanium , hppa and alpha (dead one)
http://buildd.debian.org/build.cgi?pkg=firebird2.0

and seem that this will be solved very soon




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remember to upgrade to firebird 2.0.4 or firebird2.1

Stack-based buffer overflow in Firebird before 2.0.4, and 2.1.x before 2.1.0 RC1, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0467

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firebird2.0 2.0.3.12981.ds1-14 (source) in Ubuntu

latest package 2.0.3 from debian is now imported in ubuntu intrepid
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firebird2.0/2.0.3.12981.ds1-14

and here are the successful (power and sparc are new )

Builds

• intrepid sparc Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid powerpc Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid lpia Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid i386 Successfully built (DONE)
• intrepid amd64 Successfully built (DONE)

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Firebird downloads for April

there is an high number of downloads for April , traffice is at ~600GB and downloads at 117,467
http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=9028&ugn=firebird&mode=year&&type=prdownload

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The ministry's Money Laundering Prevention Directorate (MLPD) uses Firebird

The ministry's Money Laundering Prevention Directorate (MLPD) used Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) between 2004 and 2007. This is Open Source software for encrypting and electronically signing data, allowing it to be transmitted securely even through public networks. The directorate also uses the Open Source relational database management system Firebird. "Both the banks and the MLPD accepted our solution without any objections, and it did not introduce any costs", comments Jovanovic.

http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7370/469

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