How to use php5 port with MySQL5 binary?

[Mark Hattam]

At 02:09 -0400 15/4/07, Karl Timmermann wrote:
>On Apr 14, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>The reason you should not do this, or at least the reason why I do 
>>not presently include a variant like this in the php5 portfile, is 
>>that it is MacPorts policy to use its own versions of software 
>>unless there is a compelling reason not to. What is your reason for 
>>not using the MacPorts version of mysql5?
>
>First, thank you very much for the instructions on how to modify the 
>port file. As to your other question, I have a lot of programs that 
>are looking for mysql in the normal place. Also, I mentioned in 
>another post that I was having problems with localhost mapping to 
>the socket file - the port uses a custom location for the socket 
>file, and a lot of my programs don't map correctly when connecting 
>to localhost. Another reason is the MySQL binary comes with a nice 
>pref pane to turn it on and off and to start it up on boot up. I 
>guess I just like it more "Mac like". :-)
>
>However, perhaps I could use the ports if I made proper symbolic 
>links everywhere - then everything should work, including the pref 
>pane. I could do this, or modify the port file to change the file 
>paths. Do you recommend this instead?
>
>Thanks again,
>Karl


The MySQL GUI Tools seem to work fine with the MacPorts built MySQL.
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html

Mark