>> > I just found aliases.conf, what is @prefix@?

Hmm looks like there is an issue with the
build process. @prefix@ should come from configure.in AFAIR
and be /opt/firebird or whatever. However because We build
Firebird on MacOSX as a Framework, then this is somewhat
irrelevant.... perhaps I should look at how I should
set up the database path for employee.fdb for aliases.conf in the
build... Mind you its a minor issue....

All this user has to do is replace @prefix@ with
a valid path to employee.fdb which should be something like..

/Library/Frameworks/Firebird.frameork/Resources/examples/empbuild/employee.fdb

And he should be able to connect to the example database...
Anyway now fixed in B2_0_Release, B2_1_Release and Head

Paul

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