On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 01:56:38AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> [ snip stuff I cannot answer]
> 
>   related Q: why does tora only include postgresql connector? docs say 
> that it can connect to mysql and oracle, but debian readme says that 
> oracle and mysql native interfaces are built in - why and how to add 
> them on?

Enabling support for oracle requires access to the oracle libraries at
compile-time and run-time.  And understandably, Debian does not want
that software on their autobuilders. The oracle licens does not allow
you to re-distrubute them either (I'm pretty sure, but IANAL).

However, if you have a copy of Oracle8 lying around (might work with 7
and 9 too, haven't tried), then enabling oracle support is as simple:
  - remove "--without-oracle" in the call to configure in debian/rules
  - Make sure that $ORACLE_HOME is set
  - fakeroot debian/rules binary

and you have a deb that supports oracle. I'm not sure how much of the
Oracle stuff it pulls in at compile-time; I would not assume that you're
allowed to redistribute the result.

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Karl E. Jørgensen
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