Hi :) Oops, i meant the files NOT the connector. Can the same file be read on different platforms if each platform is using the appropriate connector for it? So if those different platforms are using different versions of LIbreOffice but the right connectors then opening and using the files shouldn't be a problem should it? Regards from Tom :)
>________________________________ > From: Alex Thurgood <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, 16 February 2013, 7:51 >Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: MySQL-Connector > >On 02/15/2013 10:24 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > >Tom, > >> Is there a problem with running different versions on different OSes? It >> should be fine t do that shouldn't it? >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> > >Please, please, pretty please, sometimes I really do get the impression >you have not read anything we have exchanged in the past on this topic. > >On Unix/Linux, and for LibreOffice, the native connector is dependent on : > >- the OS version ; >- the bit architecture ; >- the version of libmysqlclient ; >- the version of libmysqlcppconn ; >- the version of LO. > >This means that if I build a mysql connector on say PCBSD 9.1, it will >not work on Ubuntu, Suse, Redhat or Debian. Even if I build a 32bit >version of the connector on a Suse 32bit OS, the functionality on >another version of that same OS is not guaranteed if the versions of >libmysqlclient or libmysqlcppconn are different between the two >versions, notwithstanding the fact that it will not work at all on a >64bit Suse OS (different architectures). > >So, the situation today is that for each Linux/Unix OS, and each major >version of that OS, the connector has to be built separately. > >In addition to these niceties, the build of the connector regularly gets >screwed by devs changing things for one OS (mostly Linux), without >giving a *expletive* about the other OSes. This is currently the case at >least for Mac OSX, thanks to recent changes in the gbuild process for >mysqlc and mysqlcppconn. As I don't build on Windows (and do not intend >to), I really don't know what the situation is there currently. > >The situation over at ApacheOO is different. There, the connector is >built by another volunteer, using the SDK, i.e. in theory, it produces >an OS version agnostic mysql connector. However, the differences in code >trees between LO and AOO now mean that the connector for AOO no longer >works in LO4, or at least, that is what Heinrich has reported (and >Robert too, I believe). > > >Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
