[pkg-firebird-general] Bug#545988: #545988: firebird2.0-server-common: Wrong security database name in Firebird 2.0.x

[Damyan Ivanov]

-=| Bartek Krawczyk, Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 04:10:35PM +0200 |=-
> Package: firebird2.0-server-common
> Version: 2.0.4.13130-1.ds1-4
> Severity: minor
> 
> Firebird's security database located
> in /var/lib/firebird/2.0/system/security.fdb has a wrong name. In
> Firebird 2.0.x the database should be named firebird2.fdb due to changes
> betweent Firebird 1.5 and 2.0. There is also a symbolic link placed
> in /usr/lib/firebird/2.0 named security2.fdb and leading
> to /var/lib/firebird/2.0/system/security.fdb.

The symlink is there because firebird server and tools look for the 
security database relative to the 'FB_ROOT', which is 
/usr/lib/firebird/$VERSION on Debian.

> Is there any particular reason for the wrong name? 

I don't udnerstand what is 'wrong' with the name. Does it cause any 
problems?

-- 
dam
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