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Re: mysql-6.0.0-alpha "/use/local/mysql"
From: Chad MILLER <cmiller(at)mysql.com>
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 21:31:38 EDT
> I found the problem after I looked into the shell command history. It
> was a typo during entry - The "configure" script accepts a target
> directory "--prefix={dir}" where {dir} is unchecked. A check could be
> added for the existence of base and sub-directories in the path.
> Without
> this check, a typo will configure all the make files with the wrong
> path.
Date: Tue Jul 24 2007 - 21:31:38 EDT
On 24 Jul 2007, at 14:44, Darpan Dinker wrote:
> Chad MILLER wrote:
>> >> On 24 Jul 2007, at 03:07, Darpan Dinker wrote: >> >>> After building mysql on linux, I ran "make install" and I keep >>> getting >>> errors about the Makefiles trying to create directory /use. >>> Shouldn't this be /usr? Have I missed some step or is this done on >>> purpose? >>> Thanks, >>> Darpan >> >> Thanks, Darpan. >> >> I don't know of this problem, but it's not something we would have >> done on purpose. Do you mind mailing me off-list the exact error >> message, your steps leading up to the error, and the top-level >> config.log file?
> I found the problem after I looked into the shell command history. It
> was a typo during entry - The "configure" script accepts a target
> directory "--prefix={dir}" where {dir} is unchecked. A check could be
> added for the existence of base and sub-directories in the path.
> Without
> this check, a typo will configure all the make files with the wrong
> path.
That's the installation location, which, if it doesn't currently exist, the install make target should try to create. It is (or should) not an error to type something that doesn't yet exist. We don't want to start second-guessing what the user types; there be dragons.
Thank you, though, for testing out 6.0 alpha. Don't be shy about bringing anything else you think might be a problem.
- chad
-- Chad Miller, Software Developer chad@mysql.com MySQL Inc., www.mysql.com Orlando, Florida, USA 13-20z, UTC-0400 Office: +1 408 213 6740 sip:6740@sip.mysql.com -- MySQL Internals Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/internals To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/internals?unsub=lists@pantek.comReceived on Tue Jul 24 21:31:47 2007
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