error 1064 and sol 8

okay - mysql build is killing me here .. when I run mysql_install_db, gives me the following error ERROR 1064 : use mysql; INVALID SYNTAX I cannot get mysqld to start - it keeps saying ERROR: 1064 syntax error near '' at line 1 what is goign on here ... ---

Major Problems when compiling on Sol 8

I am trying to compile Solaris 8 (mysql 3.23.51) configure works fine, when I get to the yacc part ... yacc -d sql_yacc.yy && mv y.tab.c sql_yacc.c yacc goes fatal saying an invalid escape at line 71 (pure_parser) So, I try bison, but I get the following complaints ... sql_yacc.yy:(some number