[pkg-firebird-general] [long] firebird 2.0 - and now what?

[Damyan Ivanov]

Kai Bäsler wrote:
> I agree. What i was thinking of wasn't an automatic upgrade-script. I
> think of some well-documented shellscript which could be placed in
> .../doc/firebird/examples. Or maybe a simple "daily backup" example for
> /etc/cron.daily. Something that does a backup from all (*.fdb) files
> from /var/lib/firebird2/data and /etc/firebird2/aliases.conf to give the
> less experienced users a starting point.
> 
> The point is to have a backup in _transportable_ format when moving from
> 1.5 to 2.0, because the database file becomes useless when the ODS
> changes. So you have to do the backup while 1.5 is still installed. And
> an example script in etch could make it easier to actually _do_ the backup.
> 
> Don't get me wrong: this isn't meant to replace any documentation. It's
> just an enhancement.

Looks fine to me. Unfortunatelly I can't offer such a script right
now, since I have to first get somewhere with the packaging to be able
to make experiments.

For those impatient for packages, please do
  svn export https://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-firebird/branches/2.0
  cd 2.0
  dpkg-buildpackage
  [wait ~half an hour]
and tell me where I did it wrong.


dam
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