Re: [Firebird-devel] Compiling from source, amd64, and more

[Michael W. <mw...@de...>]

Hi,
> Sweet. I still recall when I was a more noob than I am now :), I moved
> db's a couple of times from windows <-> linux. No backup/restore.
> Straight file copy. Of course there were no writes taking place, or etc.
> Still pretty risky, but never had a problem ;)
Did that too. As long as you keep the same hardware platform (x86) there 
shouldn't be a problem. BackupRestore has other advantages though.
> Sure it was just a Fb 2.0 blocker for US on Gentoo. Users need to be
> able to backup and restore when upgrading from 64bit 1.5.x.
I didn't know that this was the reason for Gentoo to not include 
Firebird 2.0. Are there some ebuilds for /usr/local/portage ready? ATM 
i've compiled Firebird 2.0 myself.

BTW I would love to help with Firebird 2.0 ebuilds. If there is anything 
I could do (testing etc.) please contact me privately.

Michael