On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 23:52 +0100, Mark McCorkell wrote: > On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 20:38 +0000, Koornstra, Reinoud wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I tried to install mysql as described in the book. > > > > Upon installing the tables I encountered an issue: > > > > > > > > root:/usr/lib# /usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql > > > > Installing MySQL system tables... > > > > 090428 13:30:32 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: unknown option > > '--skip-federated' > > > > 090428 13:30:32 [ERROR] Aborting > > > > > > > > 090428 13:30:32 [Warning] Forcing shutdown of 1 plugins > > > > 090428 13:30:32 [Note] /usr/sbin/mysqld: Shutdown complete > > > > > > > > Installation of system tables failed! > > > > > > > > I noticed that in /etc/my.cnf : > > > > # Disable Federated by default > > > > skip-federated > > > > > > > > It seems to have a problem with that option eventhough the file came > > straight from: > > > > /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf > > > > > > > > In the configure phase I added these options as possibilities > > suggested: > > > > > > > > --with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static \ > > > > --with-ssl \ > > > > --with-fast-mutexes \ > > > > > > > > Any hints why skip-federated is unknown? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Reinoud. > > I think it's an error in either the shipped config file or the default > configure script options. You can either recompile and tell it to build > the Federation plugin (look in configure --help for the syntax) or > comment out the line in the .cnf file. > > I've never examined what the Federation plugin is and generally go by > the rule that if I don't know what it is I probably don't need it, so I > just commented out the line. It doesn't seem to have hurt mysql in any > way, YMMV. > > -- > Mark.
By Federation I of course mean federated. That's what happens when you read Star Trek movie reviews while replying to lists. _______________________________________________ Clfs-support mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cross-lfs.org/listinfo.cgi/clfs-support-cross-lfs.org
