> I reserved some time in next few days to try this out. If
> building from source turns out to be so simple as Nigel wrote
> (two lines in shell), then there's probably no need for
> another binary. If I run into some difficulties, I'll report here.
>

More late-breaking news!!

The maintainer of the port has the following to say:

> I'll fix firebird-server at this week.
> New layout will be introduced, compatible with hier(7). For example all >

*.fdb files will be placed into /var/db/firebird, configuration files - >
into /usr/local/etc/firebird/*.conf, binaries - into /usr/local/bin,

> /usr/local/sbin. And so on.

So, perhaps I'll wait, and give him a chance to finish his changes.
(I'd better let Chris know..)

Nige.