FATAL ERROR: Can't execute 'mysqlcheck'

[Tim Johnson]

* Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> [141007 15:07]:
> 
> On Oct 7, 2014, at 5:08 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > I'm using mysql version 5.1.72 on OS X 10.7.5
> > 
> > When running 
> > mysql_upgrade5 --force --verbose --port=3306 -uroot -p
> > I get the following error message 
> > 
> > Enter password:
> > Looking for 'mysql' as: mysql
> > Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: mysqlcheck
> > FATAL ERROR: Can't execute 'mysqlcheck'
> > 
> > I see /opt/local/bin/mysqlcheck5
> > symlinked to
> > /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqlcheck
> > but don't know how to procede.
> 
> Looks like this old bug:
> 
> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/10566
 
> Note that the mysql5 port is deprecated. If possible, please
> upgrade to one of the newer mysql ports: mysql51, mysql55,
> mysql56, mariadb, mariadb-10.0, mariadb-10.1 or percona. Of those,
> I recommend mariadb-10.0 at this time. Possibly, these newer ports
> do not have this same problem.
  Understood. Will upgrade. Thanks 

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Tim 
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