Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 14:15:39 +0000 From: Manar Hussain <manar@ivision.co.uk> To: ibex@physik.TU-Berlin.DE Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, sysadmin@ivision.co.uk Subject: FreeBSD Port: mysql-3.21.33 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981231141539.008f0b80@stingray.ivision.co.uk>
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It appears to be the case that the mysql-3.21.33 port requires perl5 to have been registered *as a package* in order for mysql to be properly registered as a package. I.e. on a system with perl5 installed - but not as a package, then the following errors are given when installing the mysql-3.21.33 port. ===> Registering installation for mysql-3.21.33 make: don't know how to make package-name. Stop make: don't know how to make package-name. Stop MySQL otherwise appears to install fine so at the very least a better message should probably be created. I.e. I think that either: (a) It is felt that if MySQL has a dependancy on perl then when MySQL is installed as a package and is to be registered as such, perl5 should also be registered as a package. If so then a nice error/warning saying "MySQL has been installed . MySQL has a dependancy on Perl5. Perl5 is installed on your machine - but not registered as a package. MySQL has thus not been registered as a package though the installation is otherwise successful." would at least make the reasons for the fail clearer. or (as I would prefer): (b) You should feel free to give out a warning that whilst perl5 is installed - it is not installed as a package as you might otherwise have suggested, but otherwise not fail the MySQL package registration when you find Perl5 but then don't find it registered as a package. Hope that makes some sense! Regards, Manar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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