On Mar 9, 2011, at 12:54, David Gentry wrote: > I did not mean to imply that the MacPorts file, mysqld, is corrupt. Somehow > it is getting corrupted on my system, and I intend to find out how. I did > not know that every system will treat mysqld differently. That is good to > know. However, that information just adds to the mystery. My system is a > bread and butter Mac OS X version 10.6.6.
Not *every* system. But it differs based on OS version and processor architecture, at least. So if I send you the mysqld generated on my 64-bit Intel machine running Snow Leopard, that won't work for you if your Snow Leopard machine only has a 32-bit processor. It probably also won't work if you're running Leopard or Tiger, or a PowerPC processor. > The reason I asked for the file contents, such as a text file, is that if I > get the executable file my system might mess it up. mysqld is not a text file. It is a compiled executable program. > I will continue to pursue other avenues to solve the mystery of why my system > corrupts the MacPorts mysqld. As I have more information, I will pass it on > to the email list. It might help someone. I doubt your mysqld is corrupt. Assuming you are following the wiki instructions correctly, and they are not working for you, I believe you have files on your system that are interfering with the normal way of setting up MacPorts MySQL. Perhaps a rogue my.cnf somewhere containing references to the files in /usr/local/mysql* that you already deleted. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users