On 26/03/2014 07:41, Tony Whyman wrote: > I agree that Debian conventions can be a pain. However, even under > Debian, setting up an environment for a personal or test database should > be easy enough. All you should have to do is to setup some local > directory e.g. > > ~/.myfirebird > > copy or softlink into it the firebird.msg, conf files and the security > database (installation default) and point the FIREBIRD environment > variable to this directory. Under Firebird 2.1 this approach worked very > well and allows libfbembed to work with personal databases without the > user having to have r/w access to the system security database. Firebird > 2.5 breaks this by ignoring the FIREBIRD environment variable for the > security database.
I like this, instead of current approach of hardcoding directories during build time. Adriano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
