I am trying to install to slackware 9.1 but the installation script
does not seem to be compatible. I have attempted what changes I thought
would be necessary and they seem to work fine.

Posinstall.sh requires:

# Slackware specific
elif [ -r /etc/slackware-version]
then
srcScript=firebird.init.d.slackware
initScript=/etc/rc.d/firebird

and firebird.init.d.slackware is basically just a refactored
firebird.init.d.generic removing the echo from the start command
(otherwise it fails) -

...

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting Firebird server: "
$FIREBIRD/bin/fbmgr -start -forever | su $FBRunUser
RETVAL=$?
;;

...

Is there any reason why echo is required in:
echo '$FIREBIRD/bin/fbmgr -start -forever' | su $FBRunUser

? I would prefer to be able to use the generic file for installation.
I am hoping that this can be included into cvs as we are wrapping the
tar.gz up in an installer for our product.

Any help would be appreciated,

Regards,
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AFJ Software Pty Ltd | Australia | QLD
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