On Oct 18, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote: > > On Oct 18, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote: > >> >> On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote: >> >> mysql5 builds and installs mysql files. mysql5-server creates mysql system >> users and launchd items to make running a mysql server easier. >> If you only need to access a mysql server on another machine you do not need >> mysql5-server. > > Many thanks for the explanation. Might be worthwhile appending this > explanation to the actual port definitions, so it is clear right off the bat. > As is, the descriptions are identical, hence, confusing.
You can file a ticket in the macports trac system requesting the mysql5-server description be improved. http://trac.macports.org/newticket Read this first: http://trac.macports.org/wiki/TracTickets Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla) _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
