mysql5 fails to install

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Apr 19, 2014, at 20:00, Jonathan Koren <jonathan at robotmonkeys.net> wrote:

> I’m trying to install the mysql5 port ( @5.1.72 ), but it dies in the ./configure script. 

The mysql5 port is deprecated. Please try the mysql51, mysql55, mysql56, mariadb or percona ports instead.

> $ sudo port install -f mysql5 
> --->  Computing dependencies for mysql5
> --->  Configuring mysql5
> Error: Failed to configure mysql5, consult /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql5/mysql5/work/mysql-5.1.72/config.log
> Error: org.macports.configure for port mysql5 returned: configure failure: command execution failed
> Please see the log file for port mysql5 for details:
>    /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql5/mysql5/main.log
> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>    http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
> Error: Processing of port mysql5 failed
> 
> Check unwinding the logs, show that the configure  invoked was:
> ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --mandir=/opt/local/share/man --infodir=/opt/local/share/info --localstatedir=/opt/local/var/db/mysql5 --libdir=/opt/local/lib/mysql5 --bindir=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin --includedir=/opt/local/include/mysql5 --datadir=/opt/local/share/mysql5 --sysconfdir=/opt/local/etc/mysql5 --with-zlib-dir=/opt/local --with-ssl=/opt/local --with-extra-charsets=complex --with-unix-socket-path=/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock --with-mysqld-user=_mysql --without-docs --with-plugins=all --enable-thread-safe-client --without-readline --with-embedded-server --with-pic
> 
> which fails with:
> 
> checking HIST_ENTRY is declared in readline/readline.h... yes
> configure: error: Could not find system readline or libedit libraries
> 	      Use --with-readline or --with-libedit to use the bundled
> 	      versions of libedit or readline
> 
> That’s a bit odd because macports did install readline as a dependency. 
> 
> Removing —without-readline or replacing —without-readline with —with-readline let’s ./configure succeed, but then running sudo make install, fails complaining about abi_check, so something else is still wrong.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what is wrong here?

readline was just updated to version 6.3. Perhaps mysql5 is not compatible with it. If the problem remains with the newer mysql ports, please file a bug report.