At 02:09 -0400 15/4/07, Karl Timmermann wrote:
On Apr 14, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
The reason you should not do this, or at least the reason why I do not presently include a variant like this in the php5 portfile, is that it is MacPorts policy to use its own versions of software unless there is a compelling reason not to. What is your reason for not using the MacPorts version of mysql5?
First, thank you very much for the instructions on how to modify the port file. As to your other question, I have a lot of programs that are looking for mysql in the normal place. Also, I mentioned in another post that I was having problems with localhost mapping to the socket file - the port uses a custom location for the socket file, and a lot of my programs don't map correctly when connecting to localhost. Another reason is the MySQL binary comes with a nice pref pane to turn it on and off and to start it up on boot up. I guess I just like it more "Mac like". :-)
However, perhaps I could use the ports if I made proper symbolic links everywhere - then everything should work, including the pref pane. I could do this, or modify the port file to change the file paths. Do you recommend this instead?
Thanks again, Karl
The MySQL GUI Tools seem to work fine with the MacPorts built MySQL. http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html Mark