From owner-freebsd-database Mon Dec 21 09:41:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA24640 for freebsd-database-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:41:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles130.castles.com [208.214.165.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA24622; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:40:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA02366; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:38:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812211738.JAA02366@dingo.cdrom.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:38:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith Subject: Re: IBM DB2 Sender: owner-freebsd-database@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk To: undisclosed-recipients:; ------- Blind-Carbon-Copy X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM DB2 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:22:16 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:38:38 -0800 From: Mike Smith > Hi, > > For those running Linux emulation and want to try IBM's DB2: > > http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/linux/ Ok. I wasted Sunday on this sucker (and to think I could have cleaned the bathroom instead...). Their target with this build is clearly RedHat 5.2. We're not there yet in terms of environment support. To play with it you will need: - a working /compat/linux/bin/rpm - libraries from RedHat 5.2, installed using rpm - /compat/linux/bin/sh, installed using rpm - /compat/linux/bin/ksh, installed using rpm and that's as far as I've gotten. We may also have problems with its shared-memory requirements. The documentation for this beast is pretty good; the installation worksheets and general degree of assurance and handholding is fairly confidence-inspiring, as is the fact that no matter how irritating, they've actually taken the packaging requirements of the platform seriously. - -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com ------- End of Blind-Carbon-Copy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-database" in the body of the message