From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 8 13:35:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D215106566B for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 13:35:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-emulation@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5C978FC1D for ; Sat, 8 Mar 2008 13:35:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-emulation@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JXzCY-00022Q-KI for freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:35:02 +0000 Received: from 92.50.96.215 ([92.50.96.215]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:35:02 +0000 Received: from saper by 92.50.96.215 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:35:02 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org From: Marcin Cieslak Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:33:01 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: <47D2958D.4040707@system.pl> References: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com> <20080307161415.g9vgql0xcscgkkco@webmail.leidinger.net> <20080307184427.5a005ef9@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <78cb3d3f0803071122s74ef2075p8b5f761dd5e8b0ad@mail.gmail.com> <47D1BEAD.2020407@system.pl> <78cb3d3f0803080309q311301dm3baf6bad2a70b0ac@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 92.50.96.215 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080228 SeaMonkey/1.1.8 In-Reply-To: <78cb3d3f0803080309q311301dm3baf6bad2a70b0ac@mail.gmail.com> Sender: news Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:35:06 -0000 Adrian Penisoara wrote: > Hi, (dropping -isp) >> During election observation mission in 2007 an Oracle XE installation >> I've had (just for test) on my FreeBSD notebook saved my (election) day >> and allowed me to analyze and verify election results - and this is a >> Big Thing(tm). > > > Well, this sort of stories really ought to be told and heard around. Have > you considered writing a short story or even a news article on this topic (I > guess there are good places where you could submit it) ? This is not always easy. You need to observe state secrets of a host country plus some special requirements in a highly political environment. I will try my best anyway. > Right. I will be extracting the RPM specs file to form the package > installation script. > I'm not sure whether the debian scripts have something better. Go for install.sh on the http://wiki.bsdportal.ru/doc:oraclexe_on_freebsd instead. Worked for me like a charm. (The kernel patches mentioned in the article are already incorporated). --Marcin