Ok, thanks. Good to know about v1.5 for firebird-devel.

Javier

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Nigel Weeks" <nigel@e...>
wrote:

> That's very strange. The install script in the port should have

created that

> symlink for you. I'll try it on a 5.1 box, to see if there's an

unusual

> condition the installer's having trouble with.
>
> Yes, the symlink is fine.
> I then create a directory, i.e. `/usr/db`, and chmod, chgrp it to

the

> `firebird` user, so it's secure. This step is left out of the port
> installer, as people always want their data directories in

different places.

>
> As for FB1.5, the /usr/ports/databases/firebird-devel is being re-

written to

> use 1.5, instead of (as it stands now) 1.0-rc2.
>
> Won't be long, as FB1.0.2 is still going strong.
>
> You can build FB1.5 from CVS, though. Just run the setup script

(autogen.sh)

> to set up autoconf, et al, and it'll just gmake(albeit a little

noisily)

>
> N.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Javier Soques [mailto:jsoques@y...]
> > Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 1:47
> > To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [firebird-support] Firebird on FreeBSD 5.1 Release
> >
> >
> > Hello, I'm just trying out FreeBSD 5.1 RELEASE and installed

Firebird

> > from the ports collection (I thing version 1.02) and it installed
> > Firebird in /usr/local/firebird, ok everything fine. But when I

try

> > to execute isql it gives me an error trying to find interbase.msg
> > file located at /usr/interbase, ok so what I did is create a

symbolic

> > link for /usr/interbase --> /usr/local/firebird and things seem to
> > work fine now. My question is, was that the best thing to do (the
> > symlink) or is there any thing to be done with the config file.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Javier
> >
> > BTW, is the Firebird port for FreeBSD keeping up with version

1.5? I

> > hope so....
> >
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