Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:13:17 +0200 From: "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@freebsd.ady.ro> To: shildreth@allantgroup.com Cc: freebsd-emulation <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ? Message-ID: <78cb3d3f0803071113u52e53773pca8692fb1bb39f43@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1204907828.14078.216.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> References: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com> <1204907828.14078.216.camel@scotth.emsphone.com>
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Hi, On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Scott T. Hildreth < shildret@scotth.emsphone.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 16:36 +0200, Adrian Penisoara wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 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. > > > > The goal is not only to add the port into FreeBSD's ports tree but also > to > > eventually convince Oracle (I work for them) to post the package on > their > > official download page. > > I wonder if 10g will run on 7.0. I am running 9.2.0.8, but I think > 10g might need the 2.6 kernel. > > Actually Oracle XE is based on Oracle 10.2.0.1: $ lsnrctl status LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 07-MAR-2008 21:06:55 Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved. $ sysctl compat.linux.osrelease compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 $ uname -r 6.2-STABLE Installation docs say OracleXE is certified for RH Linux Fedora Core 4 (among others) which is just fine for us using emulators/linux_base-fc4 as a dependency. Regards, Adrian
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