From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 2 05:05:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA00795 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 05:05:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from silvester.zoom.es (root@silvester.zoom.es [195.76.150.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA00790 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 05:05:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from amora@zoom.es) Received: from zoom114.zoom.es (zoom114.zoom.es [195.76.150.114]) by silvester.zoom.es (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA20458; Fri, 2 Jan 1998 15:10:21 +0100 Message-Id: <199801021410.PAA20458@silvester.zoom.es> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Jesus A. Mora Marin" To: victor@usac.edu.gt Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 14:04:58 +0100 Subject: Re: Informix Reply-to: amora@zoom.es CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Priority: normal References: In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.54) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I think your `no reply' should be taken as a `no one has convinced > Informix to work under FreeBSD.' > > Informix would probably have to be ported. Oracle, on the other hand, can > be tricked to run under the SCO emulator, if you have a SCO box available > to copy the libs off of. Instructions are in the mail archies at > http://www.freebsd.org. > > These are both commercial apps; convincing them to do a port to FreeBSD > usually takes some effort. > I've lost the original question, but I'd like to make you know what's my experience with Informix on FreeBSD. I'm currently running FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. AFAIK, Informix SQL, R4GL and Standard Engine version 4.00 run fine with this release. Well, there is what I consider an "aesthetical" nuisance": when the Standard Engine is shutting down, it dies with a signal 10. But, with the exception of this minor "misfeature", and always according to my own experience, it does work. Note that with FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE, Informix 4.00 didn't work, but I think that the iBCS2 support has been greatly enhanced after that release. On the other hand, version 4.10 of the Standard Engine dies miserably with a signal 10, as soon as it does "open database". I can't tell about any other product or later versions of Informix. Jesus ------ Jesus A. Mora Marin, MD. (aka EA7HAC, ex-EC7DVE) Tecnico de la Funcion Administrativa. Analisis de Aplicaciones, Programacion y Administracion de Sistemas. Servicio de Informacion e Informatica Hospitalaria - HVM-Servicio Andaluz de Salud.