Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:31:22 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@ady.ro> To: "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-database@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ? Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0803070731n4f7b4cedu33c88e9ae8e6c175@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fqrm2e$pam$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com> <20080307143946.GI90443@rink.nu> <fqrm2e$pam$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Hi, On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > Rink Springer 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. > > Could any of you write a short HOWTO article, either for the "official" > articles section or for the wiki (or both...)? > > Let's not forget about the Oracle 8i installation section in the FreeBSD Handbook [1] which could surely benefit from updating (8i is desupported since a ling time). I would be glad to help (re)writing such stuff, as time permits. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu-oracle.html Regards, Adrian Penisoara ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD
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