A note to the aside... I too love the ports. They are much easier to manage and edit than rpms, I have NEVER had a problem until now with using the BSD ports.....
There is a 40 mysql port, but I will try the source install instead. I hope it works :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin A. Shelton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:14 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD woes! > > > > > >I will try the newest version source, should I just make sure it installs to > >the same path to ensure a proper upgrade? Any special commands I need to run > >at configure to ensure a clean install? > > > > > It should install to /usr/local/mysql by default (if I remember > correctly). When you unpack the tarball, you'll notice an > INSTALL-SOURCE file. It contains much more detailed information than I > can provide along with some suggestions for building the binaries under > FreeBSD (4.7). However, I should note that the only special options I > added were simply to install it in a different directory so it's up to you. > > Just make sure that after you install the latest version of MySQL you > rebuild FreeRADIUS after running a make distclean (just to be on the > safe side--at least this is what I usually do... saves having to unpack > the tarball again). If it is able to find all of your libraries, it > should build rlm_sql_mysql* and hopefully you will be able to get it up > and running :-) > > As an aside, I haven't had many problems with the ports/packages > collection with FreeBSD -- but then, I usually only install oddball > software from the ports or binaries I'm too lazy to build myself. I've > never actually tried installing MySQL from the ports collection before > although I can't imagine it would have failed... > > Let me know if downloading the source tarball helps out! > > ~Benjamin > > > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
