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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2008 11:12:48 -0500
From:      "Jonathan Adams" <jka@alum.howard.edu>
To:        "Rink Springer" <rink@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-database@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?
Message-ID:  <36b1573d0803070812m527c6b7y2d37441cdbd344e5@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080307143946.GI90443@rink.nu>
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I am defnitely interested in helping in this area if needed.  A couple
of years ago, I struggled mightily trying to get Oracle running on 5.1

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>  On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 04:36:56PM +0200, Adrian Penisoara wrote:
>  >   After having to deploy an Oracle Database XE [1] installation (with Linux
>  > 32bit binaries from the official RPM package) on a production FreeBSD
>  > 6.2machine I realized it would be very much feasible to produce a
>  > FreeBSD
>  > port/package for it.
>  >   I would like to know whether similar efforts have been undergoing and
>  > whether people came up with some tips & tricks on this.
>
>  We run Oracle XE on two FreeBSD 6.3 machines at work - we've just
>  manually set it up, but are very interested in a port of it. We did
>  the same as you basically - just uncompress it and move the files in
>  place.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  --
>  Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
>  "Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't
>   mean you win." - Fox Mulder
>
>
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