mysql5 +server install

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 14, 2008, at 13:22, Michael Brian Bentley wrote:

> I just tried to install mysql5, and I tried uninstalling it and  
> reinstalling it a couple times. It appears to install a zero- 
> length /opt/local/var/db/mysql5/mysql/user.MYD file, apparently  
> making it difficult to log into mysql root and access things.
>
> Has anyone else run into that problem? We had to copy the /opt/ 
> local/var/db/mysql5/mysql folder contents from another machine to  
> be able to log in properly.

The mysql5 port itself should install no MYD files.

Are you saying an empty user.MYD file appeared when you tried to  
install the initial databases with mysql_install_db5? Or what was the  
exact sequence of commands you entered to get to this situation?