Bit of a problem with MySQL and bug reports. The README in the source distribution says to use http://bugs.mysql.com, with no alternatives given. On http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/bug-reports.html (which I had to find with google), I see
If you have no Web access and cannot report a bug by visiting http://bugs.mysql.com/, you can use the mysqlbug script to generate a bug report (or a report about any problem). which is, of course, pretty useless if you have no Web access. Worse, I had to find it by googling with site:mysql.com. I had a look at the mysqlbug script in the scripts/ directory in the source, but it won't run without at least a little of mysql set up; one of the first things it does is to run something called ccache, which does not exist anywhere in the source tree, making it of little use if you haven't succeeded in getting far enough to create it. But I did find this address, mysql@lists.mysql.com, embedded in it (by searching for @). Might I recommend that the README mention mysql@lists.mysql.com for those for who don't have Web access, and that it be mentioned somewhere on or near http://bugs.mysql.com/ for those who (like me) have Web access if necessary but for whom it is significantly more difficult and/or unpleasant than sending mail? The source distribution I looked at is mysql-5.0.27.tar.gz (MD5 584d423440a9d9c859678e3d4f2690b3); the Web pages I looked at over the hour or two preceding this email (2006-11-19 between roughly 04:00 and 06:00 UTC). /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
