port install mysql55 +server installs just the server (but without the startup scripts). port install mysql55-server installs just the server.
So I don't see why there are both? Neither one installed the client for me and there's no mysql55-client package. :( -b On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Jeremy Lavergne < jer...@lavergne.gotdns.org> wrote: > > mysql55 +server is a variant > > that means, that you install both the client and the server in one > > command with /port install mysql55 +server/ > > > > mysql55-server is a subport of mysql55 > > that means that you in fact install 2 ports: > > mysql55 > > mysql55-server > > You can just install /port install mysql55-server/ and mysql55 will also > > be installed because mysql55 is defined as a runtime dependency of > > mysql55-server > > Semantics: the way the portfile is written, mysql55 and mysql55-server are > more like a giant if/else as to what's installed; mysql55-server depends on > mysql55 which then gets you both the client and server. > >
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