Re: [Exim] Exim + Oracle on FreeBSD - a complication

On (2003/11/07 13:12), Odhiambo G. Washington wrote:

> > I think you may have to build a Linux binary of Exim, and then run
> > _that_ on FreeBSD.
> >
> > Crazy-sounding, I know. But it should work. You're likely to pull
> > quite a bit of hair out during the process of tweaking the build,
> > though.
>
> In other words, you are inversely suggesting that I'll have an easier
> life running all this stuff under Linux. Pooh! And the way I have a
> phobia for Linux...

That depends on how much trouble you have building a Linux binary for
Exim that'll work on FreeBSD.

If I were in your shoes, I'd throw a couple of hours at the problem. If
nothing came of that, I'd use Linux instead of FreeBSD for this job.

So much of IT comes down to using the right tool for the job. Oracle
access and heavily-threaded Java are two applications that push me
toward Linux.

If you do go the Linux route, you'll probably find Gentoo Linux most
comfortable, coming from a BSD background. FreeBSD's "make world" and
ports systems are both rolled into's Gentoo's "emerge" system.

And now I've taken us off-topic. Good thing we'red not cross-posting.
;-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.