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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2008 15:39:46 +0100
From:      Rink Springer <rink@freebsd.org>
To:        Adrian Penisoara <ady@freebsd.ady.ro>
Cc:        freebsd-database@freebsd.org, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?
Message-ID:  <20080307143946.GI90443@rink.nu>
In-Reply-To: <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <78cb3d3f0803070636l38ca7683t24235efd8f989c67@mail.gmail.com>

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Hi,

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 04:36:56PM +0200, Adrian Penisoara wrote:
>   After having to deploy an Oracle Database XE [1] installation (with Linux
> 32bit binaries from the official RPM package) on a production FreeBSD
> 6.2machine I realized it would be very much feasible to produce a
> FreeBSD
> port/package for it.
>   I would like to know whether similar efforts have been undergoing and
> whether people came up with some tips & tricks on this.

We run Oracle XE on two FreeBSD 6.3 machines at work - we've just
manually set it up, but are very interested in a port of it. We did
the same as you basically - just uncompress it and move the files in
place.

Regards,

-- 
Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
"Anyway boys, this is America. Just because you get more votes doesn't
 mean you win." - Fox Mulder



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