Why Build Firebird From Source?
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Test or take advantage of unreleased changes |
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Modify the code and prepare a private build |
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Port Firebird to an unsupported platform. |
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For creating a debug build. But, contrary to populare belief, you don't need to build firebird to debug it. And a 'debug' build is not the same as a production build. |
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