Having installation problems with 4.1.2 on OS X 10.3.4.
From previous thread:
I've installed mysql 3 & 4 a dozen times or more, but I'm having trouble with 4.1.2 on OS X Server (10.3.4).
Maybe it's not a MySQL problem -- I just happened to read:
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1603685,00.asp? kc=ewnws060104dtx1k0100599>
...about problems with 10.3.4 :-)
With every update someone gripes about something. I can't rule it out, but I've been through upgrades since the beginning of time on several machines and never had any trouble. I run very clean systems and use mainstream devices. I run the repair permissions utility as well. Everything else in my system is running fine.
Allowing that it could be 10.3.4's problem, I conducted the following installations on lab rat machines I keep:
//-------------------------------------- TEST_1a: MySQL 4.1.2 on 10.3.4 Server
- G4/DP500 - 1.25Gb RAM, - 10.3.4 Server - built-in MySQL completely removed
Brand new installation of 4.1.2 results in some odd permissions problems that appear to escalate the errors. The /data/ directory is being created with a user of system instead of mysql (which all my other installs have). The /mysql/ database is not being built. The folder exists but is empty. This folder also has system instead of mysql as the user which could be preventing the installer script from finishing its tasks?
This test was repeated with download files from three different locations.
//-------------------------------------- TEST_1b: MySQL 4.0.20 on 10.3.4 Server
Removing 4.1.2 from the same machine used in Test_1, I installed 4.0.20 with the same 10.3.4 Server OS. This installation went w/o hitch. Server and client work fine.
//-------------------------------------- TEST_2a: MySQL 4.1.2 on 10.3.2 Standard
- iMac G3/333 - 384 Mb RAM, - 10.3.2 Standard - all other prior MySQLs removed
For more data, I installed 4.1.2 onto an iMac 333 (10.3.2). That installation actually went fine. Forgot to start things up, but the files were installed with proper mysql user permissions, and the /mysql/ database had all its tables.
//-------------------------------------- TEST_2b: MySQL 4.1.2 on 10.3.4 Standard
I then deleted mysql from the system, upgraded that iMac from 10.3.2 to 10.3.4, ran Repair Permissions, and installed 4.1.2 again. That installation exhibited the exact problems as Test_1 above. The /data/ directory has system as the user, and the /mysql database folder exists (with the user set to system), but there are no table files.
//-------------------------------------- TEST_2c: MySQL 4.0.20 on 10.3.4 Standard
I removed 4.2.1 and installed 4.0.20 on the iMac w/ 10.3.4 and mysql server and client worked fine.
//--------------------------------------
So,
- G4/OS X Server: 4.0.20 installs fine, but 4.2.1 does not on 10.3.4
- G3/OS X Standard: 4.2.1 installs fine on 10.3.2, but after 10.3.4 Standard was installed, 4.2.1 did not work, yet 4.0.20 continues to install fine
The fact that 4.0.20 will install just fine on 10.3.4 and that 4.2.1 installed fine on 10.3.2 seems to indicate a specific installer problem between 4.2.1 and OS X 10.3.4 (server & standard makes no difference). Whether it is the installer or 10.3.4 I can't decipher from this data set.
It is worth mentioning that I installed 4.2.1, then set the users to mysql instead of system, then tried to "update" that installation. The installer reset the user to system on variouis folders, and still wouldn't install all the table files in the mysql database.
This was all done with the OS X Installer package. I guess I'll try the non-Installer version and see what happens.
Should I copy "Bugs" on this?
-- greg willits
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