Re: Build Debian bin pkg from Ubunt scr pkg

Quoting Stefan Schlee <[email protected]>:

>
>  - Debian DOES distinguish between sqlite and sqlite3.=A0 Accordingly  =

> I installed the package "libdbd-sqlite3" which IS listed in  =

> Torsten's source package but only under "Recommends:" and not under  =

> "Depends:" (though the package "libdbd-sqlite" is listed there).
>

As mentioned previously, I'd recommend to make the package depend on  =

libdbd-sqlite3. SQLite 2.x is supported only for backwards  =

compatibility, but I doubt that many people use 2.x these days.

>  - In addition to that I had to incorporate a symbolic link into the  =

> /etc/refdb that pointed to the appropriate configuration file for  =

> this case: "ln -s refdbdrc.sqlite3.example refdbdrc".
>

I don't know how Torsten handles these issues, but to end up with a  =

working RefDB installation some post-install setup is mandatory. I  =

guess that most if not all of this setup stuff could be handled by the  =

package installation procedure. Please have a look at the refdb-init  =

script (also documented here:  =

http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/ch04s08.html) which is a generic  =

script that may or may not work out of the box on Debian. I'd greatly  =

appreciate if you could provide some feedback how far this script is  =

going to take you. In any case, it is supposed to create the config  =

file which you found missing as well as the main database, see below.  =

The config script is copied from the appropriate .example file to  =

avoid overwriting local customizations during "make install".

> I created an empty test-database in the directory  =

> "/var/lib/refdb/db" by issuing "sqlite3 /var/lib/refdb/db/test.db"
>
> I connected to this database with "sqlite3" and entered the  =

> ".databases" command and got the result
>
> seq=A0 name=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0file=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0  =

> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> ---=A0 ---------------=A0  =

> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 0=A0 =A0 main=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0/var/lib/refdb/db/tes.db
>
> which seems fine.
>

Not quite. The RefDB error message "could not open main database" is  =

issued if the *main* database simply isn't there, but also if it does  =

not contain the expected contents. This is not a reference database,  =

but an internal database where RefDB keeps bibliography styles, among  =

others. Creating the main database is one of the important steps of  =

the post-installation setup.

regards,
Markus

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Markus Hoenicka
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