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On Sat, 20 Oct 2001 20:48:55 -0500 "Damon M. Conway" |
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<damon@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Collins Richey wrote: |
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> >Does anyone have experience with getting mysql and the perl DBI |
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> >modules to work? |
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> Yes. |
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> >Having merged DBI-1.14.ebuild, mysql-3.23.43.ebuild, and |
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> >xmysqladmin-1.0.ebuild and all dependencies, I'm now struggling to |
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> >make things work. I've muddled through getting a mysqld started, |
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> and |
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> >xmysqladmin will talk to the server. |
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> > |
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> >Now I'm trying to run the mysql tests (run-all-tests in |
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> >/usr/share/mysql/bench) which is a perl module dependant on DBI. |
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> >run-all-tests cannot find the DBI:: stuff (use DBI). It looks like |
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> >the DBI ebuild doesn't properly reconfigure perl to locate the DBI |
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> >stuff. |
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> > |
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> >Any suggestions? |
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> Did you actually install the Msql-Mysql perl module? |
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> dev-perl/Msql-Mysql-modules |
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Thanks, I missed this one - emerging as we speak. |
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> DBI is just an interface, and you need to install the drivers for |
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> your |
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> database. |
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> >As a side note, gentoo really needs to have some post-install |
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> >procedures for things like mysql. |
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> Like what? Be specific when asking for features. |
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How to actually run mysql. Users should not need to search through a |
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mound of documents just to setup the mysql server. I realize the |
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current audience for gentoo is sysadmins, but I expect gentoo is |
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intended for wider distribution. |
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Collins Richey |
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Denver Area |
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