philippe makowski [2012-03-27 18:01] :

> Nick Upson [2012-03-27 17:31] :
>> does that mean firebird 2.5 cannot build under Centos 5 or just that it
>> will not be supplied
> it will be not supplied
>
>> but I could build it myself
> out of the box, Centos 5 don't have good version of tools to build
> Firebird 2.5
>
> so may be you can build it, but you need to patch the build process or
> to update your self some tools need to build Firebird 2.5
> (sorry I don't remember exactly what was not correct, but build chain on
> Centos 5 is too old to build Firebird 2.5)
>
> or you can use the tar.gz build provided by Firebird Project
>

but be carefull
read here : http://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-2-5/

The recommended Linux kernel version is 2.6.34 and glibc should be
version 2.12 or higher. Minimum - kernel 2.6.27 and glibc 2.7.
If your glibc version is lower than v.2.7, it must be upgraded before
using Firebird 2.5 Classic/Superсlassic.

And Centos 5 have Kernel 2.6.18 and glibc 2.5 for what I know

So I would not use Firebird 2.5 on Centos 5
upgrade to Centos 6