Dear list, it might be in your interest, that I will release the source-patch files for
the FreeBSD port 7.4.27 / 7.4.30 within the next weeks, without any GPL/LGPL restrictions (mostly in the interest of FreeBSD though) I hope that more people will come and participate, making a "release"-worth release of at least the last existing versions of SAPDB 7.4 for FreeBSD. Current FreeBSD advantages over Linux are, that FreeBSD already HAS native kernel-threads, while Linux is still awaiting the 2.6 series of its kernel. Maybe that could even become a performance advantage ? The chance for an official port of (at least) SAPDB is ZERO. This is mainly, because SAP has no need for the FreeBSD within its commercial products like R3, thus not supporting FreeBSD in its DBMS (which make sense from the economical point of view). MySQL support for FreeBSD was not the best at all, till now. (Mostly using LinuxThreads is not that native), but I at least it could be compiled and used. I think, that the best way, to achieve a rock-stable BSD-Port is voluntariness, even though 90% of the work is done, there are still some problems left, that one person (me), can not fix alone and adapt every three month to the next release. Sorrowly savannah.gnu.org is currently down, so I was not able to share the latest devtools with the required BSD patches, required to build SAPDB without problems. Furthermore I hope, that I can complete a FreeBSD-Port-Package within this year, available for FreeBSD 5.2 then (any info and help welcome). The client library questions should be clarified then too, I think. Kind regards Kai > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. November 2003 10:40 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: AW: Future official MaxDB FreeBSD port? > > "Hahn, Uwe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I had a 7.3 SAPDB for linux running on FreeBSD 4.6. > > Did you try this ? > > Yes, I did. I almost had it working but then got sidetracked. > > The problem is, that the installation of the linux version on > FreeBSD is not straighforward. There really should be a port > doing all the neccesary footwork. (I have been considering > building one myself if I can find the time) > > Even after getting it running, there is still the issue of > native client libraries. Without them the database itself is > mostly useless. There should be a port for those too. > > I'll try to find some time to work with this again. I might > be needing some help though as I remember the build process > of the client libraries to be somewhat hairy even on linux. > > -- > Best regards > Christian Laursen > > -- > MaxDB Discussion Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
