On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 11:35:05AM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -=| Hamish Moffatt, Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 08:06:20AM +1100 |=- > > > No, you can disable all xinetd-provided services and use inetd > > > implementation of your choice. > > > > No you can't, because xinetd diverts openbsd-inetd's binary. > This seems like xinetd's flaw, but I see your point.
I agree, xinetd's behaviour is not right. You even lose existing inetd services by default, because xinetd disables openbsd-inetd and doesn't offer its services in the default configuration. I reported #448617 about that. xinetd does not seem to be in good shape and it appears there is a WNPP RFA (request-for-adoption) filed for it. > My last straw for using xinetd is that it is easier to maintain two > server installs via debconf (enabling 2.0, disabling 2.1 etc). As this > is rather uncommon, I think I'll remove this functionality (simplifying > postinsts, avoiding a debconf question) and make all firebird server > packages conflict with each other. > > Having two servers installed at the same time is dangerous anyway, and > if one wants to migrate databases, she can backup with the old server, > install the new (removing the old) and restore. Not much of a hassle. > > Does all this sound as a good plan to you? Yes that sounds good. Coincidentally, I installed the official Firebird 2.0 package on Windows last night on a machine that already had 1.5 installed, and it told me that I would need to remove 1.5 first or that 2.0 would be installed but not configured. I think this is consistent with your proposal for the Debian packages. I was a bit confused that despite selecting which firebird server I wanted enabled in the postinst, the /etc/xinetd.d/firebird20 file still had the service disabled - I guess your proposal will address that also? > Thanks for bringing this up (and for insisting there is a problem). BTW > dropping xinetd from the dependency would even allow for firebird to > move from extra to optional priority :) Very good :) Unfortunately I don't know Firebird well and couldn't achieve my original aim anyway. A customer sent me an FDB file which I wish to inspect in flamerobin, but I couldn't work out how to get flamerobin to register the database successfully.. I got various server/authentication errors. I'll try again later. Thanks Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
