Have you taken a look at the "Problems?" link underneath the link to the help email?
On Saturday, 16 February 2013, JIM7 wrote: > UNSUBSCRIBE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! > I HAVE USED YOUR UNSUBSCRIBE "SYSTEM" 3 TIMES, NOW, AND I AM SICK OF IT! > UNSUBSCRIBE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > j...@fastmail.us <javascript:;> > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, at 03:40 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > > 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 <alex.thurg...@gmail.com> > > >To: users@global.libreoffice.org > > >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: > users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > >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: > users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > > Problems? > > <http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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
