> may be post a request of update in the Debian tracker

The Debian packager responded to me on Wednesday:

> Is 2.5.1 final going to be packages for squeeze?

Maybe, if somebody comes to making a backport

-----Original Message-----
From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Philippe Makowski
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:43 AM
To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Debian install

2011/10/19 Rick Debay <rdebay@...>

> I'm running Debian 6.0 (squeeze) which has a package for FB 2.5.0. FB
> 2.5.1, is only available for Debian sid (unstable).
> Is there any way to get FB 2.5.1 for a production system using Debian
> package management? Or must I install it using the packages from
> Firebird?

4 solutions :
1/ wait (that's common in Debian world ;)
may be post a request of update in the Debian tracker
2/ build your self the debian package (backport it from sid)
3/ use the Firebird Project tar.gz
4/ build it from sources

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