Hi,
On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 9:16 AM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 09:06:53AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> > I thought that was what the attached was (actually for Ubuntu AIUI).
> > As I originally wrote, "As if by magic, […] someone else supplies a copy."
> >
> > Cheers,
> > David.
>
> > #! /bin/sh
> >
> > # This shell script saves various pieces of information about the
> > # installed version of unixODBC. Packages that interface to
> > # unixODBC can use it to configure their build.
> > # This file replaces the standard odbc_config, which is not
> > # relocatable
> > #
> > # Author: Alberto Di Meglio <alberto.di.meg...@cern.ch>
> > # Public domain
> >
> > me=`basename $0`
> > mydir=`dirname $0`
> > mydir=${mydir%/bin}
> >
> > # stored configuration values
> > val_prefix="$mydir"
> > val_bindir="$mydir/bin"
> > val_includedir="$mydir/include"
> > val_libdir="$mydir/lib"
> > val_libs="-L$mydir/lib -lodbc"
> > val_version='2.2.11'
>
> This is not going to give the correct linker arguments. It's going to
> spit out a -L option which is totally unneeded, and worse, the *content*
> of that -L option is going to depend on where the operating system thinks
> the script has been "installed".
>
> If the script is "installed" in /usr/local/bin/odbc_config, it's going
> to spit out -L/usr/local/lib -lodbc.
>
> As the script itself says,
>
> > # This file replaces the standard odbc_config
>
> So, why not use the "standard odbc_config", whatever that is?
>
> Again, this really needs to be taken up with the upstream maintainers of
> the library, and with the Debian maintainer(s) of the Debian packages of
> the library.
I agree.
When asked Nick Gorham (the official maintainer of unixODBC) how to identify
the options in the host software for unixODBC he pointed me out to odbc_config.
No mentions of pkg-config or any other script were given.
[quote]
On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 3:28 AM Nick Gorham <nick.gor...@easysoft.com> wrote:
>
> On 15/07/2022 03:07, Igor Korot wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Is there a way to identify where unixODBC is installed (headers/libraries)
> > and what libraries to link against?
> >
> > Some kind of `pkg-config unixodbc` command...
> >
> > Thank you.
>
> Thats what odbc_config is aimed at
>
> odbc_config --libs
> -L/usr/local/lib -lodbc
>
> odbc_config --include-prefix
> /usr/local/include
>
> odbc_config --prefix
> /usr/local
>
> odbc_config --version
> 2.3.12pre
[/quote]
Now, last night I tried to check.
Turns out sometime ago unixODBC introduced pkg-config:
[quote]
19.Mar.20182.3.6 Released
Single bug fix that ws a possible security issue so I have pushed a
version out.
As always, any problems just let me know.
Fix order of arguments in SQLWriteFileDSN.c, fix unwanted free() in iusql.c
Add pkg-config files
[/quote]
But Nick still points to the odbc_config as the official way to get the build
options into your software.
However according to Mr. Langacek, odbc_config should be thrown away and
pkg-config should be used all around, because apparently it's output
is wrong (re.
https://linux.debian.bugs.dist.narkive.com/JqZh4ioW/bug-422207-unixodbc-dev-install-odbc-config).
I would question Mr. Langacek here as he is not an upstream maintainer
of ubnixODBC and so does not know better. ;-)
Now, I asked Nick what the deal is with pkg-config and will update as soon as
I get a reply.
Thank you.
>
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