[pkg-firebird-general] Bug#448616: Bug#448616: firebird2.0-classic: dependency on xinetd is completely unreasonable

[Hamish Moffatt]

reopen 448616
found 448616 2.0.3.12981.ds1-1

On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 05:52:50PM +0200, Damyan Ivanov wrote:
> notfound 448616 2.0.3.12981.ds1-1
> close 448616

Please, could we discuss the issue before you close it?

> -=| Hamish Moffatt, Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:54:47PM +1100 |=-
> > firebird2.0-classic's dependency on xinetd forces this to be the
> > superserver of choice on the server.
> 
> No, you can disable all xinetd-provided services and use inetd
> implementation of your choice.

No you can't, because xinetd diverts openbsd-inetd's binary. Further, I
think firebird has a duty to work with the standard inetd at least, and
xinetd optionally.

I doubt that even 1% of Debian users care to switch from openbsd-inetd
to one of the others. Especially since xinetd does not seem to be in
good shape.

> > However there does not appear to be
> > any particular need for the inetd to be xinetd.
> 
> There is: fb_inet_server needs that FIREBIRD environment variable is set
> to /usr/lib/firebird/2.0. If you know how to achieve this with other
> inetd implementations, please reopen the bug and I'll add support for
> them.

How about a wrapper script? That will work for any inetd.


Can you show me how any environment is being created by /etc/xinetd.d/firebird20
anyway? I don't see any mention of environment variable.


# default: off
# description: FirebirdSQL classic server
#
# To enable/disable different firebird server versions, the easiest way is to run
#   dpkg-reconfigure <desired-server-package>
#  replacing <desired-server-package> with "firebird2.0-super",
#  "firebird1.5-super", etc as appropriate.
#
# NOTE: If you decide to enable some server version manually (by direct editing of
#       configuration files), please remember:
#  1) Allowing two server instances access to the same database will inevitably
#     lead to database corruption
#  2) Remember to change SYSDBA's password if this is the first time that
#     version (1.5/2.0) is enabled.
#
#  The easiest way to protect yourself from the above caveats is to use
#    dpkg-reconfigure <desired-server-package>
#
service gds_db
{
	disable         	= no
	flags			= REUSE NODELAY
	socket_type		= stream
	wait			= no
	user			= firebird
# These lines cause problems with Windows XP SP2 clients
# using default firewall configuration (SF#1065511)
#	log_on_success		+= USERID
#	log_on_failure 		+= USERID
	server			= /usr/lib/firebird/2.0/bin/fb_inet_server
}


Hamish
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