MySQL5, OS X 10.4.10, startups, etc.

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:18, paul beard wrote:

> Conversely, you can add the appropriate lines to launchd.conf and  
> get things going.
>
> more /etc/launchd.conf
> launchctl  load /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.dbus/ 
> org.macports.dbus.p
> list
> launchctl  load /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2/ 
> org.macports.apa
> che2.plist
> launchctl  load /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.mysql5/ 
> org.macports.mysq
> l5.plist
>
> I would vote for MacPorts to take the latter approach, with the  
> post-install message explaining that
>
> ########
> ## To get the application to run at boot time,
> ## echo launchctl  load /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/ 
> org.macports.mysql5/org.macports.mysql5.plist >> /etc/launchd.conf
> ##
> ##########

Feel free to make a proposal to the macports-dev list if you feel  
strongly about this. The current approach works, so you should  
explain why your approach is better (and if there are any reasons why  
it might be worse).