On Apr 29, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Chris Janton wrote:
ports is being used to maintain applications. MySQL is an
application, but it's all about the data that you store and use, not
the application itself.
Right, but there is at least one database by default to MySql, the
permissions database, in /opt/local/var/mysql5/db Are you suggesting
every user that install MySql move that elsewhere?
I can see that idea having value in a lot of cases, but for the casual
local developer, I don't think they even need to know where the
database is, or care, they are going to use a front end anyway.
I was sort of under the impression the OP was doing small local
development, and feel his setup should be contained within ports,
if for anything, for being on the same page as everyone else.
Being on the same page about the application, fine. Putting
everything that you need in /opt/local? Not sure that's the right
thing.
Why not, genuinely curious. If you mentally thin of /opt/local as /
it very much has a layout very much like most other nix's, with some
small differences.
Lots of "applications" let you specify how to get to the mysql
data via the socket interface - you may just want to change the
config file for the app...
There's a very simple way to keep your data in one place - use /
etc/my.cnf to define things.
I could not find out where the ports version of mysql5 looks for
my.cnf as defaults. Do you know where it is looking within the opt/
local area? I do not have a cnf file at /etc or /opt/local/etc
The sample my.cnf file has this at the top...
Where did you find that sample my.cnf file?
Thanks
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