--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Woinke <thomas@l...>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Debian stable comes with gcc 2.95.
> For building firebird, you will need gcc-3.3.
>
> Check here for a backport.
> http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages/woody/bunk-1.html

Thanks for the pointer. With bunk-1's stuff installed, firebird 1.5
installs fine from the tar.gz file. Hooray!

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James Ots
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