[libreoffice] 01/02: debian/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS: add NEWS entry about the format incompatibility

[Rene Engelhard]

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commit f501940ab3707e8931c9e74601c9b09b386f48c7
Author: Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org>
Date:   Mon Nov 28 10:32:11 2016 +0100

    debian/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS: add NEWS entry about the format incompatibility
---
 changelog                      |  2 ++
 libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/changelog b/changelog
index 1aeb7df..9f8195d 100644
--- a/changelog
+++ b/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ libreoffice (1:5.3.0~beta1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/rules:
     - fix typo in chromium build-deps: s/amd64/arm64/
+  * debian/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS: add NEWS entry about the format
+    incompatibility
 
  -- Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org>  Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:27:55 +0100
 
diff --git a/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS b/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00d8103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreoffice-sdbc-firebird.NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+libreoffice (1:5.3.0~alpha1-1) experimental; urgency=low
+
+  * LibreOffice switched from Firebird 2.5 to Firebird 3. Unfortunately
+    the format used by the Firebird 2.5 code (fdb - the native on-disk format)
+    is NOT compatible with the "new" one (the archive format). LibreOffice 5.3
+    can NOT read older .odbs having .fdb embedded.
+
+    Some future firebird version might have a way to convert itself/make LO
+    able to convert but until then you need to convert manually as follows:
+
+    You need the gbak tool from firebird2.5:
+    https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=gbak&mode=exactfilename&suite=oldstable&arch=any
+
+   Then execute:
+	unzip -d oldFirebird.odb temp;
+	gbak -b temp/database/firebird.fdb temp/database/firebird.fbk;          
+	rm temp/database/firebird.fdb
+	zip -FSr oldFirebird.odb temp;                                          
+	rm -r temp; 
+
+ -- Rene Engelhard <rene at debian.org>  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:27:15 +0200

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