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Firebird 2.5.2 Security Update 1 Release Notes (PDF available)

Brief description of new features in Firebird 2.5

For more details about Firebird 2.5 architectures please look at the Firebird 2.5 Architecture Comparison document.

Windows
Win32
Windows
Win64
Linux
Linux x86
Linux
Linux AMD64

MacOSX

Release Date File Name Size Description
Sources
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0.tar.bz2 13 MB Compressed tarball
Windows Win32
32-bit Classic, Superclassic & Superserver
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540_0_Win32.exe 7 MB Windows executable installer for full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, recommended for first-time users
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_Win32.zip 10 MB Zip kit for manual/custom installs of Superclassic/Classic or Superserver
32-bit Embedded
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_Win32_embed.zip 4 MB Embedded, separate download, zip kit. Custom installation required, read the Guide!
32-bit Debug Kits (Binary + PDB components)
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540_0_Win32_pdb.exe 12 MB Full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, installer kit
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_Win32_pdb.zip 19 MB Full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, zip kit
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_Win32_embed_pdb.zip 8 MB Embedded, separate download, zip kit
Windows Win64
64-bit Classic, Superclassic & Superserver
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540_0_x64.exe 10 MB Windows executable installer for full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, recommended for first-time users
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_x64.zip 12 MB Zip kit for manual/custom installs of Superclassic/Classic or Superserver
64-bit Embedded
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_x64_embed.zip 5 MB Embedded, separate download, zip kit. Custom installation required, read the Guide!
64-bit Debug Kits (Binary + PDB components)
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540_0_x64_pdb.exe 16 MB Full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, installer kit
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_x64_pdb.zip 21 MB Full Superclassic/Classic or Superserver, zip kit
March 24, 2013 Firebird-2.5.2.26540-0_x64_embed_pdb.zip 9 MB Embedded, separate download, zip kit
Linux Linux x86
IMPORTANT: Note affecting all Linux builds
The recommended Linux kernel version is 2.6.34 and glibc should be version 2.12 or higher. Minimum - kernel 2.6.27 and glibc 2.7.
If your glibc version is lower than v.2.7, it must be upgraded before using Firebird 2.5 Classic/Superсlassic.
32-bit Classic, Superclassic & Embedded
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.rpm 8 MB Superclassic/Classic server, RPM kit
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.tar.gz 8 MB Superclassic/Classic server, compressed tarball
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-debuginfo-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.tar.gz 34 MB Debug Build, Superclassic/Classic server, compressed tarball
32-bit Superserver
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.rpm 8 MB Superserver, RPM kit
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.tar.gz 7 MB Superserver, compressed tarball
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-debuginfo-2.5.2.26540-0.i686.tar.gz 34 MB Debug Build, Superserver, compressed tarball
Linux Linux AMD64
IMPORTANT: Note affecting all Linux builds
The recommended Linux kernel version is 2.6.34 and glibc should be version 2.12 or higher. Minimum - kernel 2.6.27 and glibc 2.7.
If your glibc version is lower than v.2.7, it must be upgraded before using Firebird 2.5 Classic/Superсlassic.
64-bit Classic, Superclassic & Embedded
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.rpm 8 MB Superclassic/Classic server, RPM kit
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.tar.gz 7 MB Superclassic/Classic server, compressed tarball
March 24, 2013 FirebirdCS-debuginfo-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.tar.gz 35 MB Debug Build, Superclassic/Classic server, compressed tarball
64-bit Superserver
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.rpm 7 MB Superserver, RPM kit
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.tar.gz 7 MB Superserver, compressed tarball
March 24, 2013 FirebirdSS-debuginfo-2.5.2.26540-0.amd64.tar.gz 34 MB Debug Build, Superserver, compressed tarball
MacOSX
NOTE: To make the new engine work properly under multi-threaded conditions we had to use Grand Central Dispatch, which was first released in MacOSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). MacOSX users should be aware that Firebird 2.5 will run only on MacOSX 10.6 or higher versions. If you want to use an earlier version of OSX you will need to use an earlier version of Firebird.
"lipo" are the 64-bit Firebird Server with client libs as fat lib (32 and 64 bits). See here for examples.
MacOSX 64-bit Classic, Superclassic & Embedded (Intel)
March 28, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2-26540-0-x86_64.pkg.zip 14 MB 64-bit package
March 28, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2-26540-0-lipo-x86_64.pkg.zip 22.1 MB 64-bit Lipo package
MacOSX 64-bit Superserver (Intel)
March 28, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2-26540-0-x86_64.pkg.zip 14 MB 64-bit package
March 28, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2-26540-0-lipo-x86_64.pkg.zip 18.1 MB 64-bit Lipo package
MacOSX 32-bit
March 28, 2013 FirebirdCS-2.5.2-26540-0-i386.pkg.zip 14 MB MacOS X 10.6+ 32-bit Classic, Superclassic & Embedded (Intel) package, compressed
March 28, 2013 FirebirdSS-2.5.2-26540-0-i386.pkg.zip 13.7 MB MacOS X 32-bit Superserver (Intel) package, compressed