[Gambas-user] gamabs2 configure cannot find firebird

[Christopher Brian Jack]

Why isn't gambas2 1.9.44 recognizing my install of firebird?
System: Debian/Sarge Linux

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checking for firebird driver headers...
checking for firebird driver libraries... no
configure: WARNING: *** firebird driver is disabled
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird# cat
gb.db.firebird/configure.ac
cat: gb.db.firebird/configure.ac: No such file or directory
nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird# configure.ac
bash: configure.ac: command not found
nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird# cat configure.ac
dnl ---- configure.ac for gb.db.firebird driver

AC_INIT(configure.ac)
GB_INIT(gb.db.firebird)
AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

dnl -- Only the presence of libfbclient.so.2 is tested. Apparently, no
link is needed?

GB_COMPONENT(
  firebird,
  FIREBIRD,
  [firebird driver],
  [src],
  [],
  [GB_FIND(libfbclient.$SHLIBEXT.2, /usr/local /opt /usr, lib
firebird2*/lib firebird*/lib lib/firebird2* lib/firebird*)],
  [])

AC_OUTPUT( \
Makefile \
src/Makefile \
)
nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird# find /usr -name "libfbc*"
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1.5.3
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1
/usr/lib/firebird2/lib/libfbclient.so
/usr/share/doc/libfbclient1

nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird# find /usr/ -name
"libfbcl*"
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1.5.3
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.1
/usr/lib/firebird2/lib/libfbclient.so
/usr/share/doc/libfbclient1
nall:/home/brian/gambas2-1.9.44/gb.db.firebird#
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