Subject Re: [firebird-support] OT: Firebird 4.0 xinetd Support on Linux Replaced
Author Helen Borrie
Friday, August 25, 2017, 3:36:51 AM, Ismael wrote:

> Sorry for the off topic, but I have a doubt that maybe some of you can clarify


> I was reading Firebird 4.0 Release Notes and I found the following note:

Yes, any questions about alphas, betas, snapshots, pre-release
versions are right off topic here. Take them to firebird-devel,
please, as instructed in the release notes.


> Tracker ticket CORE-5238
> On Linux, Firebird 4 uses the same network listener process
> (Firebird) for all architectures. For Classic, the
> main (listener) process starts up via init/systemd, binds to the
> 3050 port and spawns a worker firebird process
> for every connection—similarly to what happens on Windows.

> This has caused me the following doubt:
> With this modification Firebird 4.0 will work on linux system that do not use systemd? Yes or no?

The notes say "...starts up via init/systemd..." which means one or
the other. You're in trouble if your system does not use either one.
;-)

And no more Fb 4 questions here, please.

^heLen