Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-03 Thread Martin Mueller
Well, the command sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop generates the error message: ERROR! MySQL server PID file could not be found! On the other hand, sudo launchctl unload -F /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist stops the server and sudo

Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-03 Thread Peter Brawley
On 12/3/2016 13:58, Martin Mueller wrote: I was able to install a version of MySQL 5.6 on OS Sierra. It appears that the “launchdaemon’ method works while the mysql.server start/stop method does not work. In retrospect I should have seen that, but I also think that the official documentation

Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-03 Thread Peter Brawley
On 12/2/2016 17:58, Martin Mueller wrote: Alas, running the stop and start commands under sudo makes zero difference. ?! The cited page recommends more than sudo starts and stops, eg ... |unset TMPDIR mysql_install_db | Did you try that? Did you check the pid setting in my.cnf, eg

Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-03 Thread Hal.sz S.ndor
2016/12/02 18:58 ... Martin Mueller: Alas, running the stop and start commands under sudo makes zero difference. This is a very frustrating problem, and I hope somebody in the MySQl documentation department will take a look at it. It’s cleary a problem that has been around for years because

Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Mueller
Alas, running the stop and start commands under sudo makes zero difference. This is a very frustrating problem, and I hope somebody in the MySQl documentation department will take a look at it. It’s cleary a problem that has been around for years because the Web is full of complaints and tips.

Re: a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-02 Thread Peter Brawley
On 12/2/2016 16:59, Martin Mueller wrote: I have been trying repeatedly and in vain to install the community edition of MySQL 5.7.16 on an iMac running OS sierra. I religiously followed the instructions for uninstalling previous versions found at

a curse on OS sierra and MySQL?

2016-12-02 Thread Martin Mueller
I have been trying repeatedly and in vain to install the community edition of MySQL 5.7.16 on an iMac running OS sierra. I religiously followed the instructions for uninstalling previous versions found at http://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/uninstall-mysql-mac-os-x, and installation