--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Maximiliano Robaina <maxi_robaina@...> wrote:

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> >De: Ismael L. Donis Garcia <ismael@...>
> >Para: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> >Enviado: viernes, 15 de julio de 2011 18:37
> >Asunto: Re: [firebird-support] Re: installing firebird2.1-super in ubuntu 11.04
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> >Because you do not install the one that is in the official page? (FirebirdSS-2.1.4.18393-0.i686.tar.gz)
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> Yes, I could, but I would like to know why this happen.
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It's not a bug this is how it should work

I think the logic is that in debian to use only one fblib to access both
firebird 2.5 , 2.1 servers

and for libfbclient2 to be installed correctly it requires two extrapackages
(mostly docs and default configs) that will not harm the 2.1 installation

$ dpkg -L firebird2.5-common-doc
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/firebird2.5-common-doc
/usr/share/doc/firebird2.5-common-doc/copyright
/usr/share/doc/firebird2.5-common-doc/changelog.Debian.gz
/usr/share/lintian
/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/firebird2.5-common-doc
$ dpkg -L firebird2.5-common
/.
/etc
/etc/firebird
/etc/firebird/2.5
/etc/firebird/2.5/firebird.conf
/etc/firebird/2.5/fbintl.conf
/usr
/usr/lib
/usr/lib/firebird
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5/intl
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5/intl/fbintl
/usr/share
/usr/share/firebird
/usr/share/firebird/2.5
/usr/share/firebird/2.5/de_DE.msg
/usr/share/firebird/2.5/firebird.msg
/usr/share/firebird/2.5/fr_FR.msg
/usr/share/firebird2.5-common
/usr/share/firebird2.5-common/functions.sh
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/lintian
/usr/share/lintian/overrides
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/firebird2.5-common
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5/intl/fbintl.conf
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5/firebird.conf
/usr/lib/firebird/2.5/firebird.msg
/usr/share/doc/firebird2.5-common