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Last active March 13, 2025 14:59
Notes on building Firebird 2.5.4 on Alpine Linux (in docker)
apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies build-base ncurses-dev icu-dev tar
apk add --no-cache --virtual=build-dependencies --repository http://dl-3.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/ shadow
mkdir /work && cd /work
wget -O firebird-source.tar.bz2 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/firebird/firebird/2.5.4-Release/Firebird-2.5.4.26856-0.tar.bz2
tar --strip=1 -xf firebird-source.tar.bz2
#Patch rwlock.h (this has been fixed in later release of firebird 3.x)
sed -i '194s/.*/#if 0/' src/common/classes/rwlock.h