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On Thursday 04 March 2010 17:37:23 Mick wrote: |
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> I am trying to understand what is pulling in mysql again. This |
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> morning a load of qt packages were being updated and I noticed a bunch |
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> of perl and virtual packages in there too. Rest assured dev-db/mysql |
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> was in there, again. This is despite the fact that the mysql use flag |
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> seem to be not active as far as portage is concerned: |
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> |
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> # euse -i mysql |
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> global use flags (searching: mysql) |
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> ************************************************************ |
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> [- ] mysql - Adds mySQL Database support |
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> |
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> local use flags (searching: mysql) |
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> ************************************************************ |
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> [- ] mysql (app-admin/ulogd): |
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> Build MYSQL output plugin to save packets in a mysql database. |
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> |
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> [- ] mysql (net-misc/mediatomb): |
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> Use dev-db/mysql as backend rather than SQLite3. If this USE flag is |
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> disabled, dev-db/sqlite is used in its stead. |
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> |
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> Looking into it further I see that the virtual package is pulling the |
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> database in: |
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> |
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> # equery depends dev-db/mysql |
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> [ Searching for packages depending on dev-db/mysql... ] |
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> virtual/mysql-5.0 (=dev-db/mysql-5.0*) |
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> |
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> # equery depends virtual/mysql |
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> [ Searching for packages depending on virtual/mysql... ] |
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> dev-db/mysql-5.0.84-r1 (=virtual/mysql-5.0) |
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> dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23-r1 (mysql? virtual/mysql) |
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> dev-libs/redland-1.0.10-r1 (mysql? virtual/mysql) |
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> dev-perl/DBD-mysql-4.00.5 (virtual/mysql) |
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> x11-libs/qt-sql-4.6.2 (mysql? virtual/mysql) |
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> |
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> So, is this telling me the virtual mysql package depends of the real |
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> mysql and vice versa? Should I give up and accept that just like a |
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> LAMP build, from now on a Linux desktop *must* run mysql and nothing |
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> else will do? I've read that sqlite is borked and won't do what |
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> semantic-desktop wants, but what about people who for arguments sake |
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> want to run postgress or some other database? |
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The tool you want to answer this question is |
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emerge -t |
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There will be a reason why mysql is being pulled in, most likely a package |
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that must have it. |
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If a user wants postgres, he should install and run postgres. How would this |
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affect the presence or absence of mysql? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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