> >not according to Milan Babuskov. He gleaned from other material that it
> >is needed.
> >
> >http://sotu.berlios.de/Firebird-Embedded-Linux-HOWTO.html
> <http://sotu.berlios.de/Firebird-Embedded-Linux-HOWTO.html>
> >
> >Which is why I asked whether firebird databases were portable...
>
> Ah, well, you certainly will need it for an embedded application on
> Linux. Confusingly, the "embedded" model on POSIX is quite different
> to the Windows embedded mechanism (read "legacy", "original", 20
> years old and requires the Classic Server on POSIX vs "recent" and
> Superserver for the Windows implementation). The two distinct
> embedding models are not portable between Windows and the rest of the
> world, and vice versa.

doh...okay. So I guess I just should tar up the structure as set out by
Milan and bundle that with my binaries.