[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/databases/freetds Update the package description to ma...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/7c3735806c71
branches:  trunk
changeset: 505117:7c3735806c71
user:      jlam <jlam%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Dec 30 16:38:32 2005 +0000

description:
Update the package description to match the current version.

diffstat:

 databases/freetds/DESCR |  20 ++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diffs (25 lines):

diff -r b00ef966abe5 -r 7c3735806c71 databases/freetds/DESCR
--- a/databases/freetds/DESCR   Fri Dec 30 16:27:13 2005 +0000
+++ b/databases/freetds/DESCR   Fri Dec 30 16:38:32 2005 +0000
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-FreeTDS is a free (open source, LGPL-licensed) implementation of
-Sybase's db-lib, ct-lib, and ODBC libraries.  Currently, dblib and ctlib
-are most mature.  Both of these libraries have several programs know to
-compile and run against them.  ODBC is just a roughed in skeleton, and
-not useful for real work.
+FreeTDS is a set of libraries that allows programs to natively talk
+to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase databases.
 
-FreeTDS will run at protocol versions 4.2, 4.6, or 5.0 and thus can
-access both Sybase and Microsoft SQL-Servers.  Note: Microsoft SQL
-servers do not support TDS versions above 4.2 and need to be configured
-with the --with-tdsver=4.2 flag.
-
-Experimental support for TDS 7.0 (the version used by MS SQL Server 7.0)
-is now included.  It works for me but beyond that I can't promise much.
-That said, TDS 7.0 support can be configured by using the
---with-tdsver=7.0 when running configure.
+Technically speaking, FreeTDS is an open source implementation of the
+TDS (Tabular Data Stream) protocol used by these databases for their
+own clients.  It supports many different flavors of the protocol and
+three APIs -- DB-Lib, CT-Lib, and ODBC -- to access it.