Good day folks, I have worked with the mSQL database engine for some time now and decided to package it for Debian Linux. Unfortunately I'm not the only one that works on this, but my counterpart seems to be quite slow with answering his mails so I steped forward and finished the package without waiting for his replies.
I'm now at the point where I for myself use the package and where I would like to invite everyone to take this package into her/his personal betatest and send me comments and enhancements. There is a todo-list but I think I will release it even without having done everything noted there. :-/ a) I have splitted the package into 4 parts to provide a maximum of flexibility. - libmsql1 contains the shared library (only a static lib on a.out systems) all other packages depend on it. - msqld contains the database engine itself - msqladmin contains some programs to maintain the engine and databases - msql contains user programs to manipulate databases - msqlperl contains a library for perl that provides an easy environment for programing database applications b) This mSQL package needs a special user id `msql' to maintain databases. Please make sure that a user and a group with that name exists. (on my system they are uid=gid=25, if you choose different values, you HAVE TO recompile the package) Unfortunately Bruce hasn't reallocated one for me but it's on his list. I would recommend an entry similar to the following in your password file: msql:password:25:25:mSQL Database Manager:/var/lib/msql:/bin/sh Then the whole engine can be controlled by a special user account. This account may receive some mails so please also make sure that they are read. ;-) c) Does it make sense to put msqlperl into the misc section (it's as free as perl itself), while libmsql1 on which it depends has to go into the non-free section? You will find the package as source, diff and .deb's at the following location: ftp.infodrom.north.de in /pub/people/joey/debian/beta. Please send me comments about it. Have a pleasant weekend, Joey -- / Martin Schulze * Debian Linux Maintainer * [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / http://www.debian.org/ http://www.infodrom.north.de/~joey/ / Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for! /