> not exactly
> here the files list of firebird and firebird-superserver rpm:
> drwxr-xr-x /etc/firebird
> -rw-rw-r-- /etc/firebird/aliases.conf
> -rw-rw-r-- /etc/firebird/fbintl.conf
> -rw-rw-r-- /etc/firebird/firebird.conf
> -rw-rw---- /etc/firebird/security2.fdb
> -rw-r--r-- /etc/logrotate.d/firebird
> -rw-r--r-- /etc/profile.d/firebird.csh
> -rw-r--r-- /etc/profile.d/firebird.sh
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/fbsql
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/gbak
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/gfix
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/gsec
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/gstat
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/bin/nbackup
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/aliases.conf
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/firebird.conf
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/firebird.log
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/firebird.msg
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/help
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/help/help.fdb
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/intl
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/intl/fbintl
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/intl/fbintl.conf
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/lib/libib_util.so
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/run
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/security2.fdb
> lrw-r--r-- /usr/lib/libib_util.so
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/share/doc/firebird-2.1.2.18118.0
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/share/doc/firebird-2.1.2.18118.0/IDPL.txt
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/share/doc/firebird-2.1.2.18118.0/README.license.usage.txt
> drwxr-xr-x /var/lib/firebird
> drwxrwx--- /var/lib/firebird/data
> -rw-rw---- /var/lib/firebird/data/employee.fdb
> drwxr-xr-x /var/log/firebird
> -rw-rw-r-- /var/log/firebird/firebird.log
> drwxr-xr-x /var/run/firebird
>
> -rwxr-xr-x /etc/rc.d/init.d/firebird
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver/fbudf.so
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver/fbudf.sql
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver/ib_udf.so
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver/ib_udf.sql
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver/ib_udf2.sql
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/changeDBAPassword.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/changeRunUser.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/createAliasDB.sh
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fb_config
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fb_lock_print
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fbguard
> lrwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fbmgr
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fbmgr.bin
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fbserver
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/fbsvcmgr
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gbak
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gdef
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gfix
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gpre
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gsec
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gsplit
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/gstat
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/isql
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/nbackup
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/qli
> -rwxr-xr-x /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver/restoreRootRunUser.sh
> drwxr-xr-x /usr/share/doc/firebird-superserver-2.1.2.18118.0
> -rw-r--r-- /usr/share/doc/firebird-superserver-2.1.2.18118.0/IDPL.txt
> -rw-r--r--
> /usr/share/doc/firebird-superserver-2.1.2.18118.0/README.license.usage.txt
>
> and a symlink /usr/lib/firebird/bin -> /usr/lib/firebird/bin-superserver
> and another /usr/lib/firebird/UDF -> /usr/lib/firebird/UDF-superserver
>

You've got to be kidding...

Current and long history installs with everything on /opt/firebird is just
perfec. Why whould this change to such a crazy file distribution??

Hope oficial FB deployments never do that!


Regards,
Anderson Farias