Hello Steffen,

It worked!
Thank you for your quick help.

Fred

Steffen Heil wrote:

>Hi
>
>Using debian it worked for me with package "vim" using the .tar.gz.
>
>Regards,
> Steffen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Vos [mailto:fred.vos@...]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:07 PM
>To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [firebird-support] Compiling Firebird 1.5 under Debian
>
>Hello,
>
>Last week I tried to install Firebird 1.5 under Debian on an Intel Pentium
>IV processor using the FirebirdSS-1.5.0.4290-0.i686.tar.gz file.
>The install procedure requires the 'ex' program, so I installed 'elvis'.
>During the install process the install process hung. Today I tried to
>install using sources. I downloaded the .bz2-file, unpacked it and issued:
>
>./autogen.sh --enable-superserver
>
>and then:
>
>make
>
>this produced, by the way, a lot of warnings ("warning: cast from pointer to
>integer of different size"). I'm using gcc/g++ 3.3.3.
>Then I logged in as root and issued:
>
>make install
>
>Again it hangs. Elvis uses near to a 100% cpu-time.
>Does anyone know how to solve this problem, for instance another 'ex'
>clone under Debian that doesn't give this problem?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Fred Vos
>
>