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Re: PostgreSQL Port Maintainer !!

2009-12-15T13:39:36Z

Ing. Marcos Ortiz Valmaseda wrote:
> Regards to all list.
> I ´m looking who is the PostgreSQL port maintainer to do to him
> various questions about this port.
> How I can contribute to the development of this port?
>
> I´ll be waiting your answers.
>
You may try looking in the Makefile of the port, for instance.
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PostgreSQL Port Maintainer !!

2009-12-15T12:39:27Z

Regards to all list.
I ´m looking who is the PostgreSQL port maintainer to do to him various
questions about this port.
How I can contribute to the development of this port?

I´ll be waiting your answers.

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Re: '/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not found

2009-05-19T01:35:47Z

On Sun, 2009-05-17 at 23:13 +1000, Sam Wun wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am running mysql 5.1 server in freebsd 7.2.
>
> I got the an error when I tried to start the following command:
> # /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables
>
> Error is:
> 090517 23:05:19 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
> /var/db/mysql
> /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: File '/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not
> found (Errcode: 13)
> 090517 23:05:19 [ERROR] Aborting
>
> 090517 23:05:19 [Note] /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete
>
> Here are all files in the directory:
>
> wp1:mysql # pwd
> /var/db/mysql
> wp1:mysql # ls -l
> total 22002
> drwx------ 4 root mysql 512 May 17 23:05 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 12 13:57 ../
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 May 17 22:29 ib_logfile0
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 May 17 22:12 ib_logfile1
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10485760 May 17 22:29 ibdata1
> drwx------ 2 root mysql 2048 May 12 13:57 mysql/
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 125 May 17 22:16 mysql-bin.000001
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 125 May 17 22:17 mysql-bin.000002
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 951 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000003
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 708461 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000004
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 406 May 17 22:29 mysql-bin.000005
> -rw-rw---- 1 root mysql 951 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000006
> -rw-rw---- 1 root mysql 708461 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000007
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 133 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.index
> drwx------ 2 root mysql 512 May 12 13:57 test/
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 6841 May 17 23:05 wp1.ip6.com.au.err
> -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5681 May 17 22:17 wp1.ip6.com.au.err-old
> wp1:mysql #
>
> The mysql-bin.index is in the path , why mysqld_safe can't pick it up?
>
> Your help is very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks

mysql runs as user mysql, and you have some files it cannot access -
probably the most important is the folder isn't owned by mysql, and it
also wouldn't be able to open the 'mysql' database, which stores user
info.

Cheers

Tom

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'/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not found

2009-05-17T06:13:26Z

Hi,

I am running mysql 5.1 server in freebsd 7.2.

I got the an error when I tried to start the following command:
# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables

Error is:
090517 23:05:19 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from
/var/db/mysql
/usr/local/libexec/mysqld: File '/var/db/mysql/mysql-bin.index' not
found (Errcode: 13)
090517 23:05:19 [ERROR] Aborting

090517 23:05:19 [Note] /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete

Here are all files in the directory:

wp1:mysql # pwd
/var/db/mysql
wp1:mysql # ls -l
total 22002
drwx------ 4 root mysql 512 May 17 23:05 ./
drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 512 May 12 13:57 ../
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 May 17 22:29 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 May 17 22:12 ib_logfile1
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 10485760 May 17 22:29 ibdata1
drwx------ 2 root mysql 2048 May 12 13:57 mysql/
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 125 May 17 22:16 mysql-bin.000001
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 125 May 17 22:17 mysql-bin.000002
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 951 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000003
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 708461 May 17 22:19 mysql-bin.000004
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 406 May 17 22:29 mysql-bin.000005
-rw-rw---- 1 root mysql 951 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000006
-rw-rw---- 1 root mysql 708461 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.000007
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 133 May 17 22:27 mysql-bin.index
drwx------ 2 root mysql 512 May 12 13:57 test/
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 6841 May 17 23:05 wp1.ip6.com.au.err
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5681 May 17 22:17 wp1.ip6.com.au.err-old
wp1:mysql #

The mysql-bin.index is in the path , why mysqld_safe can't pick it up?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thanks
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2009-04-24T09:52:53Z

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mysql-query-browser issues 7.1-STABLE

2009-03-06T21:58:57Z

Hello everyone.

Does anyone uses mysql-query-browser w/o issues?

My issue is that when it tries to connect to db server, GUI disappears and
loads CPU... _a lot_
It just hands/freezes...

I looked into internet a bit, and found similar issues, but they are pretty
old, about 1 year.. perhaps..
Also I saw couple of patches around internet, but apparently they are
already there.. so don't know..

The funny thing is that I've used mysql-query-browser w/o problems, couple
of months ago.

Before my current installation I had dual boot...and had no issues.. when
was I was working in FreeBSD

The only difference I would say is that now I have 7.1-STABLE.. vs 7.1 -
PRERELEASE

Any advices are welcome.

Thank you in advance.
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2008-11-29T00:57:45Z

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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-29T10:25:54Z

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Scott T. Hildreth
<shildret@...> wrote:
[...]

>>
>> Actually I was hoping for some feedback from people effectively using
>> Oracle[XE] on FreeBSD. Anyone ?
>
> Sorry, I haven't read through the whole thread. I am not exactly sure
> what you are looking for, so I will just let you know how I run Oracle
> on FreeBSD. I haven't run an install since 8.x.x, since they went to
> the Java installer. I could never get it to stop locking up. So I
> copied a 9.2 directory from one of our linux servers. We install in
> the standard /u01/app/oracle/product/, I put the directory structure
> in /usr and created a /u01 link. The oracle user on my system does
> have the linux bash as its default shell, I only use this userid for
> running CreateDBs. Everything works great running with my standard
> userid and I also install gqlplus & sqldeveloper (very useful). I have
> a start up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, which starts up the listener
> and the db. I haven't had a need to upgrade to 10.x, but I am going
> to soon. Hope this isn't completely useless info for you. :-)
>

Yes, it helps. So I will keep the option to offer a Linux Bash shell
for the oracle user.

Question is whether I should make it default the Linux bash shell or
a FreeBSD shell ?

Thank you,
Adrian.
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-28T09:04:13Z

On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 22:14 +0100, Adrian Penisoara wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM, martinko <gamato@...> wrote:
> [...]
> >>
> >> One more question: how usefull would it be to use the Linux (Bash)
> >> shell instead of a native (FreeBSD) shell ?
> >>
> >
> > I'm not sure. I think using our (native) bash would be OK. On the
> > other hand if linux bash is usually installed with linux_base or other
> > common linux port we could use it. Or maybe we could use linux
> > version if available and fall back to native version otherwise, if it
> > is doable of course. I would recommend asking someone who ported a
> > few linux apps dependent on bash.
>
> Actually I was hoping for some feedback from people effectively using
> Oracle[XE] on FreeBSD. Anyone ?

Sorry, I haven't read through the whole thread. I am not exactly sure
what you are looking for, so I will just let you know how I run Oracle
on FreeBSD. I haven't run an install since 8.x.x, since they went to
the Java installer. I could never get it to stop locking up. So I
copied a 9.2 directory from one of our linux servers. We install in
the standard /u01/app/oracle/product/, I put the directory structure
in /usr and created a /u01 link. The oracle user on my system does
have the linux bash as its default shell, I only use this userid for
running CreateDBs. Everything works great running with my standard
userid and I also install gqlplus & sqldeveloper (very useful). I have
a start up script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, which starts up the listener
and the db. I haven't had a need to upgrade to 10.x, but I am going
to soon. Hope this isn't completely useless info for you. :-)

>
> >
> >> Thank you for your suggestions, I'm closer to the completion of the port.
> >> Adrian.
> >>
> >
> > Thank you for doing this!
> >
> > And btw what about standard Oracle RDBMS port ?
>
> The full blown Oracle RDBMS server has a standalone Java installer
> (the Oracle Universal Installer) and the Oracle DBA's are accustomed
> deploying it this way.
> On the other hand the Oracle installation tutorial in the FreeBSD
> ports could use some "freshening up" for newer versions. I will look
> into installing Oracle RDBMS after finishing up the OracleXE port(s).
>
> Regards,
> Adrian.
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-27T14:14:11Z

Hi,

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM, martinko <gamato@...> wrote:
[...]

>>
>> One more question: how usefull would it be to use the Linux (Bash)
>> shell instead of a native (FreeBSD) shell ?
>>
>
> I'm not sure. I think using our (native) bash would be OK. On the
> other hand if linux bash is usually installed with linux_base or other
> common linux port we could use it. Or maybe we could use linux
> version if available and fall back to native version otherwise, if it
> is doable of course. I would recommend asking someone who ported a
> few linux apps dependent on bash.

Actually I was hoping for some feedback from people effectively using
Oracle[XE] on FreeBSD. Anyone ?

>
>> Thank you for your suggestions, I'm closer to the completion of the port.
>> Adrian.
>>
>
> Thank you for doing this!
>
> And btw what about standard Oracle RDBMS port ?

The full blown Oracle RDBMS server has a standalone Java installer
(the Oracle Universal Installer) and the Oracle DBA's are accustomed
deploying it this way.
On the other hand the Oracle installation tutorial in the FreeBSD
ports could use some "freshening up" for newer versions. I will look
into installing Oracle RDBMS after finishing up the OracleXE port(s).

Regards,
Adrian.
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Re: Need help diagnosing Local OS authentication issue when running OracleXE Linux

2008-10-22T21:38:02Z

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 01:38:34AM +0200, Adrian Penisoara wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am working on a FreeBSD port for the OracleXE for Linux package
> and I stumbled upon a collateral issue when testing the functionality
> of OracleXE: I am unable to manually shutdown the TNS Listener
> (running "lsnrctl stop"), since the listener's "Local OS
> authentication" appears to malfunction.
> This feature prevents any other OS user but the user who initially
> started the listener to execute administrative tasks on the listener,
> including shutting down the listener. The listener process is a
> background service and accepts commands through the standard 1521 TCP
> port from the administration tool. I guess there is a problem when
> "emulating" the Linux kernel/library calls related to OS credentials
> for network sockets (?).
>

Hi,

yes, this problem well-known to us :) please, see kern/102956 for
full description. I think that this PR will be closed soon.

> Does anyone else have clues on this ?
> What would be the best way to proceed analyzing the issue -- e.g.
> how should I trace the execution for the running listener process (and
> eventually compare to a trace ran on a real Linux machine) ?
>

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Need help diagnosing Local OS authentication issue when running OracleXE Linux

2008-10-22T16:38:34Z

Hi,

I am working on a FreeBSD port for the OracleXE for Linux package
and I stumbled upon a collateral issue when testing the functionality
of OracleXE: I am unable to manually shutdown the TNS Listener
(running "lsnrctl stop"), since the listener's "Local OS
authentication" appears to malfunction.
This feature prevents any other OS user but the user who initially
started the listener to execute administrative tasks on the listener,
including shutting down the listener. The listener process is a
background service and accepts commands through the standard 1521 TCP
port from the administration tool. I guess there is a problem when
"emulating" the Linux kernel/library calls related to OS credentials
for network sockets (?).

Does anyone else have clues on this ?
What would be the best way to proceed analyzing the issue -- e.g.
how should I trace the execution for the running listener process (and
eventually compare to a trace ran on a real Linux machine) ?

Thank you,
Adrian Penisoara
Ady (@freebsd.ady.ro)
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-22T15:17:59Z

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:51 AM, martinko <gamato@...> wrote:

> Thierry Thomas wrote:
>>
>> Le Mar 21 oct 08 à 22:09:44 +0200, martinko <gamato@...>
>> écrivait :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>> No Oracle installation I have ever seen was installed into /home and it
>>> would be against Oracle Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) guidelines!
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>>> /usr/local/oracle would be OK and users can move the directory tree
>>> elsewhere afterwards. Or maybe you can ask about Oracle Base directory
>>> during config/installation process, if possible.
>>
>> I would suggest to install under $ORACLE_HOME, defaulted to:
>>
>> ORACLE_HOME?= ${PREFIX}/oracle
>>
>> (or may be ${PREFIX}/oracle${VERSION} to allow the installation of
>> different versions)

I have used a similar schema for the prefixing part, just used a
different variable name. Do not confuse this with the ORACLE_HOME
environment used by Oracle, what we set here is closer to the idea of
ORACLE_BASE.

We should not use a version field in this variable since the product
version signature is further in the path (see below).

>>
>> Regards,
>
> Hallo,
>
> Well, it's a bit more complicated than that..
>
> OFA guidelines say that $ORACLE_HOME shoud be in the form of e.g.
> $ORACLE_BASE/product/10.2.0/db_1
>
> And application (DB) is installed into its $ORACLE_HOME and thus one can
> have many different installations of many different versions.
>
> Then there are other directories under $ORACLE_BASE that usually contain
> Oracle Inventory (of installed software) and DB data files etc.
>
> Usually everything under $ORACLE_BASE is created and taken care by Oracle
> Universal Installer (which is Java application).

Right. See above.

>
> Another issue may be where to place oratab file. It is located in
> /var/opt/oracle/oratab on SunOS and in /etc/oratab on other Unixes.

The OracleXE packages have a hardcoded value for /etc/oratab. I'm
going to leave it this way for the sake of compatibility.

One more question: how usefull would it be to use the Linux (Bash)
shell instead of a native (FreeBSD) shell ?

Thank you for your suggestions, I'm closer to the completion of the port.
Adrian.
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-21T14:21:34Z

Le Mar 21 oct 08 à 22:09:44 +0200, martinko <gamato@...>
écrivait :

> Hi,

Hello,

> No Oracle installation I have ever seen was installed into /home and it
> would be against Oracle Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) guidelines!

Agreed.

> /usr/local/oracle would be OK and users can move the directory tree
> elsewhere afterwards. Or maybe you can ask about Oracle Base directory
> during config/installation process, if possible.

I would suggest to install under $ORACLE_HOME, defaulted to:

ORACLE_HOME?= ${PREFIX}/oracle

(or may be ${PREFIX}/oracle${VERSION} to allow the installation of
different versions)

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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-10-21T13:09:44Z

Chagin Dmitry wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Adrian Penisoara wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Alexander Leidinger <
>> Alexander@...> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoting "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@...> (Sun, 27 Jul 2008
>>> 11:22:20
>>> +0300):
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am working on a FreeBSD port for Oracle's XE database package[1]
>>> (Linux
>>>> binaries) and I stumbled upon some issues related to USE_LINUX_PREFIX.
>>>> Before going any further trying to support (as an option) installing
>>>> the
>>>> Oracle XE directly under the /compat/linux hierarchy (like the
>>>> database/linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports are doing), I have to
>>>> ask ask
>>>> around the following:
>>>>
>>>> (1) Is there any real need/benefit to have an Oracle DB installation
>>> rooted
>>>> under /compat/linux (e.g. /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/xe/...) ? Side
>>> note:
>>>> in this case all shell scripts will need to be ran under
>>>> /compat/linux/bin/bash.
>>>>
>>>> (2) How does one deal with installing manual pages and shared files
>>>> with
>>>> USE_LINUX_PREFIX -- do they also have to go under /compat/linux ? Using
>>>> ${MANPREFIX} as a template gives wrong results in this case...
>>>
>>> A port has to install into LINUXPREFIX, if it is an infrastructure
>>> port (no part has to go outside this location). It has to install into
>>> the default location (PREFIX/LOCALBASE), if it is an enduser port.
>>> That's the easy part.
>>
>>
>> Good pointer, I was missing this bit. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now the classification, what is what, is the hard part. The linux
>>> png/jpeg or whatever lib is for sure infrastructure. If this would land
>>> in the default FreeBSD lib path, rest assured it would hurt. A linux
>>> acroread port is an enduser application, a user will call it directly
>>> to work with it. It also does not come with libs in the default FreeBSD
>>> locations, so everything will be fine if it is installed in the default
>>> location.
>>>
>>> For the Oracle stuff I can imagine that it is a hard question. If it
>>> doesn't put libs into a FreeBSD lib directory (a subdirectory of a lib
>>> directory is ok, as it will not cause immediate problems), there are no
>>> immediate objections to putting it into the default FreeBSD location
>>> (and as the DBA as an enduser would use it, this would fit into the
>>> description above). But we also have the rule that nothing is allowed
>>> to be put into the basesystem (/usr/Y instead of /usr/local/Y). Think
>>> about jails where the base is mounted read-only and only additional
>>> programs are in a RW part.
>>
>>
>> In the default configuration the binaries (and I mean all of them!)
>> would
>> be placed under /usr/lib/oracle, since this is a hardcoded path in all
>> places.
>> I will also offer a "WITH_BSDHIER" option which will root the
>> installation
>> into /usr/local/oracle and just make a symlink under /usr/lib. Should I
>> rather make this the default ? ;)
>>
>> There are no libraries (or other binaries for that fact) installed
>> outside
>> the Oracle hierarchy (this is the general strategy for Oracle RDBMS
>> products
>> at least). So I guess it very nicely fits into the "enduser" picture you
>> describe above. I'm just wandering whether a /compat/linux rooted
>> installation would make sense.
>>
>> I am still interested to hear opinions from Oracle DBAs/users on this
>> subject -- would you need this option ?
>>
>
> hi!
>
> I think that ora DBAs will tell that the best place it /home/ORAUSERNAME
> and this user should have shell /compat/linux/bin/bash
>
> thnx!
>

Hi,

No Oracle installation I have ever seen was installed into /home and it
would be against Oracle Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) guidelines!

/usr/local/oracle would be OK and users can move the directory tree
elsewhere afterwards. Or maybe you can ask about Oracle Base directory
during config/installation process, if possible.

Cheers,

Martin

PS: Mind you that Oracle installation is usually owned by Oracle
software owner user (oinstall by default) who is different from
DBA/operator users (dba/oper by default).

>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In the end it comes down to what you are able to do and how hard the
>>> software is to port. Maybe it is easy to install everything into
>>> LINUXBASE and install a wrapper into LOCALBASE (/usr/local/bin/Y would
>>> be a script with #!/compat/linux/bin/bash and start whatever is needed
>>> to start /compat/linux/bin/Y). Maybe the installation of the software
>>> allows to install into /usr/local/softwarename and you can make links
>>> from /usr/local/bin/ to it.
>>>
>>> The rules for this are strong suggestions. If it is possible to do,
>>> do everything you can to follow the rules, if you don't know how to
>>> make something follow the rules, ask specific questions on ports if
>>> someone has in idea. If there's no idea, forget the rule and try to do
>>> something as close as possible to the goal of the rule (and document
>>> what/why).
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> Alexander.
>>>
>>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>> Adrian.

Re: PostgreSQL 3.3 on gjournaled fs

2008-08-09T07:01:40Z

Am 09.08.2008 um 11:03 schrieb Ivan Voras:

> The question is - why do you need gjournal? PostgreSQL (and other
> decent databases) does its own journaling (search for WAL), so using
> it on a journaled file system doesn't do much.
I want to prevent from fsck on large filesystems after outage.
>
>
> If you really want it, it won't hurt you. Journal size needs to be
> scaled based on your load. If you have constant writes you need a
> larger journal. You need it to hold 20*(write_rate in MB/s)
> megabytes. E.g. if your array does 100 MB/s, you need a 2000 MB
> journal. This calculation is for default gjournal settings.
This is usefull info.
>
>
> You could put the journal on another drive or array for best
> performance. (Of course, you could skip gjournal and put the WAL on
> the other drive).
I have the latter, but intent to put this on gjournal too.

Axel
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Re: PostgreSQL 3.3 on gjournaled fs

2008-08-09T02:03:55Z

Axel Rau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm starting migration of my PostgreSQL tablespaces to gjournaled fs on
> 7-stable.
> Dedicated box is Opteron with Areca.
> Any experiences or hints?
> 4GB journal provider?

The question is - why do you need gjournal? PostgreSQL (and other decent
databases) does its own journaling (search for WAL), so using it on a
journaled file system doesn't do much.

If you really want it, it won't hurt you. Journal size needs to be
scaled based on your load. If you have constant writes you need a larger
journal. You need it to hold 20*(write_rate in MB/s) megabytes. E.g. if
your array does 100 MB/s, you need a 2000 MB journal. This calculation
is for default gjournal settings.

You could put the journal on another drive or array for best
performance. (Of course, you could skip gjournal and put the WAL on the
other drive).

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2008-08-08T16:41:48Z

Hi,

I'm starting migration of my PostgreSQL tablespaces to gjournaled fs
on 7-stable.
Dedicated box is Opteron with Areca.
Any experiences or hints?
4GB journal provider?

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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-07-27T10:16:05Z

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Adrian Penisoara wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Alexander Leidinger <
> Alexander@...> wrote:
>
>> Quoting "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@...> (Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:22:20
>> +0300):
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am working on a FreeBSD port for Oracle's XE database package[1]
>> (Linux
>>> binaries) and I stumbled upon some issues related to USE_LINUX_PREFIX.
>>> Before going any further trying to support (as an option) installing the
>>> Oracle XE directly under the /compat/linux hierarchy (like the
>>> database/linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports are doing), I have to ask ask
>>> around the following:
>>>
>>> (1) Is there any real need/benefit to have an Oracle DB installation
>> rooted
>>> under /compat/linux (e.g. /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/xe/...) ? Side
>> note:
>>> in this case all shell scripts will need to be ran under
>>> /compat/linux/bin/bash.
>>>
>>> (2) How does one deal with installing manual pages and shared files with
>>> USE_LINUX_PREFIX -- do they also have to go under /compat/linux ? Using
>>> ${MANPREFIX} as a template gives wrong results in this case...
>>
>> A port has to install into LINUXPREFIX, if it is an infrastructure
>> port (no part has to go outside this location). It has to install into
>> the default location (PREFIX/LOCALBASE), if it is an enduser port.
>> That's the easy part.
>
>
> Good pointer, I was missing this bit. Thanks.
>
>
>>
>>
>> Now the classification, what is what, is the hard part. The linux
>> png/jpeg or whatever lib is for sure infrastructure. If this would land
>> in the default FreeBSD lib path, rest assured it would hurt. A linux
>> acroread port is an enduser application, a user will call it directly
>> to work with it. It also does not come with libs in the default FreeBSD
>> locations, so everything will be fine if it is installed in the default
>> location.
>>
>> For the Oracle stuff I can imagine that it is a hard question. If it
>> doesn't put libs into a FreeBSD lib directory (a subdirectory of a lib
>> directory is ok, as it will not cause immediate problems), there are no
>> immediate objections to putting it into the default FreeBSD location
>> (and as the DBA as an enduser would use it, this would fit into the
>> description above). But we also have the rule that nothing is allowed
>> to be put into the basesystem (/usr/Y instead of /usr/local/Y). Think
>> about jails where the base is mounted read-only and only additional
>> programs are in a RW part.
>
>
> In the default configuration the binaries (and I mean all of them!) would
> be placed under /usr/lib/oracle, since this is a hardcoded path in all
> places.
> I will also offer a "WITH_BSDHIER" option which will root the installation
> into /usr/local/oracle and just make a symlink under /usr/lib. Should I
> rather make this the default ? ;)
>
> There are no libraries (or other binaries for that fact) installed outside
> the Oracle hierarchy (this is the general strategy for Oracle RDBMS products
> at least). So I guess it very nicely fits into the "enduser" picture you
> describe above. I'm just wandering whether a /compat/linux rooted
> installation would make sense.
>
> I am still interested to hear opinions from Oracle DBAs/users on this
> subject -- would you need this option ?
>

hi!

I think that ora DBAs will tell that the best place it
/home/ORAUSERNAME
and this user should have shell /compat/linux/bin/bash

thnx!

>
>>
>>
>> In the end it comes down to what you are able to do and how hard the
>> software is to port. Maybe it is easy to install everything into
>> LINUXBASE and install a wrapper into LOCALBASE (/usr/local/bin/Y would
>> be a script with #!/compat/linux/bin/bash and start whatever is needed
>> to start /compat/linux/bin/Y). Maybe the installation of the software
>> allows to install into /usr/local/softwarename and you can make links
>> from /usr/local/bin/ to it.
>>
>> The rules for this are strong suggestions. If it is possible to do,
>> do everything you can to follow the rules, if you don't know how to
>> make something follow the rules, ask specific questions on ports if
>> someone has in idea. If there's no idea, forget the rule and try to do
>> something as close as possible to the goal of the rule (and document
>> what/why).
>>
>> Bye,
>> Alexander.
>>
>>
> Thank you for your time.
> Adrian.
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-07-27T10:03:05Z

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Alexander Leidinger <
Alexander@...> wrote:

> Quoting "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@...> (Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:22:20
> +0300):
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am working on a FreeBSD port for Oracle's XE database package[1]
> (Linux
> > binaries) and I stumbled upon some issues related to USE_LINUX_PREFIX.
> > Before going any further trying to support (as an option) installing the
> > Oracle XE directly under the /compat/linux hierarchy (like the
> > database/linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports are doing), I have to ask ask
> > around the following:
> >
> > (1) Is there any real need/benefit to have an Oracle DB installation
> rooted
> > under /compat/linux (e.g. /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/xe/...) ? Side
> note:
> > in this case all shell scripts will need to be ran under
> > /compat/linux/bin/bash.
> >
> > (2) How does one deal with installing manual pages and shared files with
> > USE_LINUX_PREFIX -- do they also have to go under /compat/linux ? Using
> > ${MANPREFIX} as a template gives wrong results in this case...
>
> A port has to install into LINUXPREFIX, if it is an infrastructure
> port (no part has to go outside this location). It has to install into
> the default location (PREFIX/LOCALBASE), if it is an enduser port.
> That's the easy part.

Good pointer, I was missing this bit. Thanks.

>
>
> Now the classification, what is what, is the hard part. The linux
> png/jpeg or whatever lib is for sure infrastructure. If this would land
> in the default FreeBSD lib path, rest assured it would hurt. A linux
> acroread port is an enduser application, a user will call it directly
> to work with it. It also does not come with libs in the default FreeBSD
> locations, so everything will be fine if it is installed in the default
> location.
>
> For the Oracle stuff I can imagine that it is a hard question. If it
> doesn't put libs into a FreeBSD lib directory (a subdirectory of a lib
> directory is ok, as it will not cause immediate problems), there are no
> immediate objections to putting it into the default FreeBSD location
> (and as the DBA as an enduser would use it, this would fit into the
> description above). But we also have the rule that nothing is allowed
> to be put into the basesystem (/usr/Y instead of /usr/local/Y). Think
> about jails where the base is mounted read-only and only additional
> programs are in a RW part.

In the default configuration the binaries (and I mean all of them!) would
be placed under /usr/lib/oracle, since this is a hardcoded path in all
places.
I will also offer a "WITH_BSDHIER" option which will root the installation
into /usr/local/oracle and just make a symlink under /usr/lib. Should I
rather make this the default ? ;)

There are no libraries (or other binaries for that fact) installed outside
the Oracle hierarchy (this is the general strategy for Oracle RDBMS products
at least). So I guess it very nicely fits into the "enduser" picture you
describe above. I'm just wandering whether a /compat/linux rooted
installation would make sense.

I am still interested to hear opinions from Oracle DBAs/users on this
subject -- would you need this option ?

>
>
> In the end it comes down to what you are able to do and how hard the
> software is to port. Maybe it is easy to install everything into
> LINUXBASE and install a wrapper into LOCALBASE (/usr/local/bin/Y would
> be a script with #!/compat/linux/bin/bash and start whatever is needed
> to start /compat/linux/bin/Y). Maybe the installation of the software
> allows to install into /usr/local/softwarename and you can make links
> from /usr/local/bin/ to it.
>
> The rules for this are strong suggestions. If it is possible to do,
> do everything you can to follow the rules, if you don't know how to
> make something follow the rules, ask specific questions on ports if
> someone has in idea. If there's no idea, forget the rule and try to do
> something as close as possible to the goal of the rule (and document
> what/why).
>
> Bye,
> Alexander.
>
>

Thank you for your time.
Adrian.
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Re: Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-07-27T03:15:03Z

Quoting "Adrian Penisoara" <ady@...> (Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:22:20 +0300):

> Hi,
>
> I am working on a FreeBSD port for Oracle's XE database package[1] (Linux
> binaries) and I stumbled upon some issues related to USE_LINUX_PREFIX.
> Before going any further trying to support (as an option) installing the
> Oracle XE directly under the /compat/linux hierarchy (like the
> database/linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports are doing), I have to ask ask
> around the following:
>
> (1) Is there any real need/benefit to have an Oracle DB installation rooted
> under /compat/linux (e.g. /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/xe/...) ? Side note:
> in this case all shell scripts will need to be ran under
> /compat/linux/bin/bash.
>
> (2) How does one deal with installing manual pages and shared files with
> USE_LINUX_PREFIX -- do they also have to go under /compat/linux ? Using
> ${MANPREFIX} as a template gives wrong results in this case...

A port has to install into LINUXPREFIX, if it is an infrastructure
port (no part has to go outside this location). It has to install into
the default location (PREFIX/LOCALBASE), if it is an enduser port.
That's the easy part.

Now the classification, what is what, is the hard part. The linux
png/jpeg or whatever lib is for sure infrastructure. If this would land
in the default FreeBSD lib path, rest assured it would hurt. A linux
acroread port is an enduser application, a user will call it directly
to work with it. It also does not come with libs in the default FreeBSD
locations, so everything will be fine if it is installed in the default
location.

For the Oracle stuff I can imagine that it is a hard question. If it
doesn't put libs into a FreeBSD lib directory (a subdirectory of a lib
directory is ok, as it will not cause immediate problems), there are no
immediate objections to putting it into the default FreeBSD location
(and as the DBA as an enduser would use it, this would fit into the
description above). But we also have the rule that nothing is allowed
to be put into the basesystem (/usr/Y instead of /usr/local/Y). Think
about jails where the base is mounted read-only and only additional
programs are in a RW part.

In the end it comes down to what you are able to do and how hard the
software is to port. Maybe it is easy to install everything into
LINUXBASE and install a wrapper into LOCALBASE (/usr/local/bin/Y would
be a script with #!/compat/linux/bin/bash and start whatever is needed
to start /compat/linux/bin/Y). Maybe the installation of the software
allows to install into /usr/local/softwarename and you can make links
from /usr/local/bin/ to it.

The rules for this are strong suggestions. If it is possible to do,
do everything you can to follow the rules, if you don't know how to
make something follow the rules, ask specific questions on ports if
someone has in idea. If there's no idea, forget the rule and try to do
something as close as possible to the goal of the rule (and document
what/why).

Bye,
Alexander.

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Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-07-27T01:22:20Z

Hi,

I am working on a FreeBSD port for Oracle's XE database package[1] (Linux
binaries) and I stumbled upon some issues related to USE_LINUX_PREFIX.
Before going any further trying to support (as an option) installing the
Oracle XE directly under the /compat/linux hierarchy (like the
database/linux-oracle-instantclient-* ports are doing), I have to ask ask
around the following:

(1) Is there any real need/benefit to have an Oracle DB installation rooted
under /compat/linux (e.g. /compat/linux/usr/lib/oracle/xe/...) ? Side note:
in this case all shell scripts will need to be ran under
/compat/linux/bin/bash.

(2) How does one deal with installing manual pages and shared files with
USE_LINUX_PREFIX -- do they also have to go under /compat/linux ? Using
${MANPREFIX} as a template gives wrong results in this case...

PS: The port will try to install by default under /usr/lib/oracle/xe, per
Oracle's Linux packaging specs (all of the shell/SQL scripts use this
hardcoded path).

References:
[1] http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe/index.html

Thank you for your time,
Adrian Penisoara
ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD
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Q: Is there any use for Oracle database port installation under Linux compat root ?

2008-07-26T08:41:47Z

Re: phpmyadmin

2008-05-01T03:54:46Z

Yusof Khalid - Genius IT Enterprise ha scritto:

> hi all,
>
> 1st of all i just want to install phpmyadmin through ports and suddenly got
> this error :
>
> Configuring for libltdl-1.5.24
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> wheel
> checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly
> created file is older than distributed files!
> Check your system clock
>

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phpmyadmin

2008-04-30T01:57:08Z

hi all,

1st of all i just want to install phpmyadmin through ports and suddenly got
this error :

Configuring for libltdl-1.5.24
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
wheel
checking whether build environment is sane... configure: error: newly
created file is older than distributed files!
Check your system clock
===> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
Please report the problem to ade@... [maintainer] and attach the
"/usr/ports/devel/libltdl15/work/libtool-1.5.24/config.log" including the
output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good idea to
provide an overview of all packages installed on your system (e.g. an `ls
/var/db/pkg`).
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libltdl15.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/security/php5-mcrypt.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/phpmyadmin.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/phpmyadmin.

I'm using freebsd 7.0-release

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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-08T05:33:01Z

Adrian Penisoara wrote:
> Hi,

(dropping -isp)

>> During election observation mission in 2007 an Oracle XE installation
>> I've had (just for test) on my FreeBSD notebook saved my (election) day
>> and allowed me to analyze and verify election results - and this is a
>> Big Thing(tm).
>
>
> Well, this sort of stories really ought to be told and heard around. Have
> you considered writing a short story or even a news article on this topic (I
> guess there are good places where you could submit it) ?

This is not always easy. You need to observe state secrets of a host
country plus some special requirements in a highly political
environment. I will try my best anyway.

> Right. I will be extracting the RPM specs file to form the package
> installation script.
> I'm not sure whether the debian scripts have something better.

Go for install.sh on the
http://wiki.bsdportal.ru/doc:oraclexe_on_freebsd instead. Worked for me
like a charm. (The kernel patches mentioned in the article are already
incorporated).

--Marcin

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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-08T03:09:41Z

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 12:16 AM, Marcin Cieslak <saper@...> wrote:

> Adrian Penisoara wrote:
> > 2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business
> > opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large userbase
> in
> > order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an Oracle XE
> FreeBSD
> > package will make it onto the downloads page in the first place.
>
> I can give you one business case:
>
> During election observation mission in 2007 an Oracle XE installation
> I've had (just for test) on my FreeBSD notebook saved my (election) day
> and allowed me to analyze and verify election results - and this is a
> Big Thing(tm).

Well, this sort of stories really ought to be told and heard around. Have
you considered writing a short story or even a news article on this topic (I
guess there are good places where you could submit it) ?

>
>
> > 3) Oracle EE / SE editions are indeed the big guns on the enterprise
> > database market, but until there are some more steps. And Oracle does
> not
> > use a packaging format for these, OUI (Oracle Universal Installer) is
> the
> > designated tool to use.
>
> OUI is difficult to run, it's usually easier to setup a database without
> it. Fortunately XE does not need one at all. There are scripts out there
> that perform database creation end-to-end and I think they should be
> included in the port.
>
>

Right. I will be extracting the RPM specs file to form the package
installation script.
I'm not sure whether the debian scripts have something better.

Regards,
Adrian Penisoara
ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD
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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-07T14:16:13Z

Adrian Penisoara wrote:
> 2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business
> opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large userbase in
> order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an Oracle XE FreeBSD
> package will make it onto the downloads page in the first place.

I can give you one business case:

During election observation mission in 2007 an Oracle XE installation
I've had (just for test) on my FreeBSD notebook saved my (election) day
and allowed me to analyze and verify election results - and this is a
Big Thing(tm).

> 3) Oracle EE / SE editions are indeed the big guns on the enterprise
> database market, but until there are some more steps. And Oracle does not
> use a packaging format for these, OUI (Oracle Universal Installer) is the
> designated tool to use.

OUI is difficult to run, it's usually easier to setup a database without
it. Fortunately XE does not need one at all. There are scripts out there
that perform database creation end-to-end and I think they should be
included in the port.

--Marcin

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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-07T12:42:49Z

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 21:22:02 +0200
"Adrian Penisoara" <ady@...> wrote:

[ .. ]

> > Ady, BTW, after we have the port and, with some test cases provided
> > by people that run it, can we hope for any kind of (semi-)official
> > support ?
> >
>
> Not so fast (TM) :-).
>
> 1). I am talking about the Oracle XE package for which Oracle does
> not offer any commercial support (except for Forum discussions).
>
> 2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business
> opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large
> userbase in order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an
> Oracle XE FreeBSD package will make it onto the downloads page in the
> first place.

Yep, this is what I was thinking about for the beginning at least.

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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-07T12:05:31Z

On 07/03/2008, Adrian Penisoara <ady@...> wrote:

> Let's not forget about the Oracle 8i installation section in the FreeBSD
> Handbook [1] which could surely benefit from updating (8i is desupported
> since a ling time). I would be glad to help (re)writing such stuff, as time
> permits.
>
> [1]
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu-oracle.html

I cannot contribute since I don't use Oracle (I'm interested because
running Oracle is a sort-of rite of passage - people look at an OS
differently if it can run Oracle :) ), but I can do a part of the
logistics - I can put the resulting text in the official wiki, find
someone to convert it and add to the handbook, etc.
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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-07T11:22:02Z

Hi,

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@...> wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:14:15 +0100
> Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@...> wrote:
>
> > Quoting Adrian Penisoara <ady@...> (from Fri, 7 Mar 2008
> > 16:36:56 +0200):
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > The goal is not only to add the port into FreeBSD's ports tree but
> > > also to eventually convince Oracle (I work for them) to post the
> > > package on their official download page.
> >
> > I'm not aware of something like this. Feel free to ask questions
> > regarding the linuxulator and our linux infrastructure in the ports
> > on emulation@. Also feel free to ask for review of the port on
> > emulation@.
>
> I've worked on such a port (probably that's what ady is referring to)
> but kinda' lost my interest in it ($REALLIFE got in the way).
>
> I'll try to find it (it was about 80% done) but I'm not sure it
> survived the clean-up sessions of my tmp/work dir (I don't know why I
> didn't ci it in our cvs ...).
>
> I'll work with Ady if he need help.
>
> Ady, BTW, after we have the port and, with some test cases provided by
> people that run it, can we hope for any kind of (semi-)official
> support ?
>

Not so fast (TM) :-).

1). I am talking about the Oracle XE package for which Oracle does not offer
any commercial support (except for Forum discussions).

2). Usually everything comes down to business cases and business
opportunities. So I think we will need to demonstrate a large userbase in
order to get attention. I think we should be happy if an Oracle XE FreeBSD
package will make it onto the downloads page in the first place.

3) Oracle EE / SE editions are indeed the big guns on the enterprise
database market, but until there are some more steps. And Oracle does not
use a packaging format for these, OUI (Oracle Universal Installer) is the
designated tool to use.

Note: The above represent solely my personal opinions, I do not speak on
behalf of my employer (Oracle).

Regards,
Adrian Penisoara
ROFUG / EnterpriseBSD.
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Re: Preparing an Oracle Database XE port/package -- any tips ?

2008-03-07T08:44:27Z

On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:14:15 +0100
Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@...> wrote:

> Quoting Adrian Penisoara <ady@...> (from Fri, 7 Mar 2008
> 16:36:56 +0200):
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The goal is not only to add the port into FreeBSD's ports tree but
> > also to eventually convince Oracle (I work for them) to post the
> > package on their official download page.
>
> I'm not aware of something like this. Feel free to ask questions
> regarding the linuxulator and our linux infrastructure in the ports
> on emulation@. Also feel free to ask for review of the port on
> emulation@.

I've worked on such a port (probably that's what ady is referring to)
but kinda' lost my interest in it ($REALLIFE got in the way).

I'll try to find it (it was about 80% done) but I'm not sure it
survived the clean-up sessions of my tmp/work dir (I don't know why I
didn't ci it in our cvs ...).

I'll work with Ady if he need help.

Ady, BTW, after we have the port and, with some test cases provided by
people that run it, can we hope for any kind of (semi-)official
support ?

--
IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
"Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect"

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