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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, and |
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>xmysqladmin will talk to the server. |
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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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>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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DBI is just an interface, and you need to install the drivers for 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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kabau |
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"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that |
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would also stop you from doing clever things." --Doug Gwyn |
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