Mysql5

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Sep 17, 2009, at 00:23, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

>
> On Sep 17, 2009, at 00:19, Scott Haneda wrote:
>
>> On Sep 16, 2009, at 10:07 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 16, 2009, at 23:30, Scott Haneda wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just did this under 1.8:
>>>> 	sudo port -d install mysql5 +server
>>>>
>>>> It went ahead and did it's thing.  Should it not have hit the
>>>>
>>>> variant server description "Obsolete; install ${mysql}-server  
>>>> port instead" {
>>>> pre-configure {
>>>>     ui_msg "The +server variant is obsolete. Please install the $ 
>>>> {mysql}-server port instead."
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>
>>> Yes it should. You did not see that message printed after the line  
>>> "--->  Configuring mysql5"?
>>
>> I was using -d so a lot went by, mysql5 was installed, I figured it  
>> should have aborted?  a port installed showed it was installed, so  
>> I removed it, and then ran sudo port install mysql5-server, which  
>> made everything mostly work.
>>
>> So this ui_msg is not designed to abort, it is just informational?
>
> It is just informational. It does not abort. mysql5 installs without  
> server support. The message reminds you if you want server support  
> you now have to additionally install mysql5-server.

I used the same approach when I removed variants from graphviz and  
php5. Would it be better to abort the installation process and force  
the user to deal with the situation right there?