Starting SC/CS on Linux

Alex Peshkov posted some more (interesting) info about this in fb-devel list:

The only difference between [starting] classic and superclassic is different server binary to start – classic is started by fb_inet_server (started by xinetd) and super – fb_smp_server, started by fbguard, started by /etc/init.d script. You can remove fb_smp_server, fbguard and startup scripts – and you will get poor classic package. To get superclassic package – remove fb_inet_server and xinetd startup file, and slightlychange install script.

Must say that this is anyway not a longterm solution. Since 3.0 we will not have separate packages – single package will serve all needs, including SS, and choice of operation mode will be done using firebird.conf.

Firebird Sql 2.5 for #Apple #MacOSX is out, Minimum supported version is 10.6 Snow Leopard

NOTE :: To make the new engine work properly under multi-threaded conditions we had to use Grand Central Dispatch, which was first released in MacOSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard). MacOSX users should be aware that Firebird 2.5 will run only on MacOSX 10.6 or higher versions. If you want to use an earlier version of OSX you will need to use an earlier version of Firebird.

Download from usual location :

http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=engine_250

How to run SuperClassic on Linux

Firebird 2.5 brings a new architecture called SuperClassic. The official FB 2.5 Linux packages brings SuperClassic and Classic in the same package, and when you install it, Classic will be activated by default.

To be able to change to SuperClassic, you need to run the script changeMultiConnectMode.sh that is installed with FB 2.5.

You will be prompted with: “Which option would you like to choose: multi-(process|thread) [process]”

Answering thread will activate SuperClassic, while process will activate Classic mode.

PS: This is not documented in the Release Notes.

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