<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed" title="RESOLVED FIXED - Firebird 3 - failure to connect to Firebird file - file structure incompatibility on macOS" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141846#c16">Comment # 16</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed" title="RESOLVED FIXED - Firebird 3 - failure to connect to Firebird file - file structure incompatibility on macOS" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141846">bug 141846</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:iplaw67@tuta.io" title="Alex Thurgood <iplaw67@tuta.io>"> Alex Thurgood</a> <pre>(In reply to Mike Kaganski from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=141846#c13">comment #13</a>) > The overall policy of the project seems to require use of > backup-move-restore procedure whenever you want to move a BD to a different > system; LibreOffice embedded engine itself save the backup of the FDB, not > the FDB itself, for that reason. By the way, IIRC the ODS even of the same > version will differ on Big-Endian vs Little-Endian machines, making direct > move of a FDB of the same ODS version impossible. > This is hugely awkward for cross-platform compatibility with regard to the project's choice of embedded database which is slated to become the default. If I've understood your big/little endian comment, it basically means that in an enterprise setting, or for an association or club, that it will be impossible to have one single ODB file covering all OS arch.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>