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Date:      Thu, 12 Jun 2003 11:10:18 -0700
From:      "Scott R." <fluid@sfmidimafia.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Kov=E1cs_P=E9ter?= <kovacspeter2@freemail.hu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mysql
Message-ID:  <3EE8C20A.6060802@sfmidimafia.com>
In-Reply-To: <freemail.20030512111423.70450@fm4.freemail.hu>
References:  <freemail.20030512111423.70450@fm4.freemail.hu>

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Kovács Péter wrote:
> I am trying to install mySQL 1.41 from the ports tree, but it hangs.
> He says that: "The host 'hostname' could not be looked up."
> I changet the hostname to the correct one.
> $ hostname server.com
> And it still hangs and says this error.
> It said that --force whould do it, but I don't know how to do this.... :(
> I tried:
> $ make install --force
> But it didn't work...
> Please help!

Try putting an entry for your machine into /etc/hosts.  That'll 
"force" your hostname to resolve with your machine and, hence, with 
your local installation of mySQL.

-Scott



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