Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:07:15 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Bob <bob@a1poweruser.com>, ale@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: mysql-server-3.23.59.n.20050301_3 Message-ID: <20070618230715.GA78950@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070618230241.GA18844@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBKEMGCDAA.bob@a1poweruser.com> <20070618230241.GA18844@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 04:02:41PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:41:23PM -0400, Bob wrote: > > First the port allocates the location for the databases to /var/db/mysql. > > This location has no space allocated to hold database data. > > It should be changed to /usr/local/mysql > > You're complaining about the default location of mysql_dbdir, which is > somewhat understandable. /var/db/mysql is a good place for it. > Ideally, the /var filesystem should be increased when choosing > [A]utomatic during filesystem creation (I believe it picks 2GB or > something like that), but that's not the responsibility of -ports. > > The size of each filesystem is up to you to decide; sticking everything > blindly into /usr or subtrees of /usr (e.g. /usr/local) simply because > FreeBSD defaults to "all remaining space --> /usr" doesn't justify > laziness during initial filesystem creation time. Yes, I realise some > other ports do this (Apache for example, although it's quite justified > for Apache), and they probably shouldn't. Deciding if ports should > install themselves into LOCALBASE/portname or not is quite political, I > think... > > Anyways, what you can do is install MySQL normally, which of course > drops the MySQL database structure into /var/db/mysql. Once there, you > can move that directory to someplace of your choice (/usr/local/mysql or > /home/mysql or whatever you want), then modify rc.conf to say > mysql_dbdir="/wherever/mysql". pkg_delete/deinstalling the mysql-server > port won't nuke contents of that directory, and future installations (as > long as the existing mysql/* tables exist in mysql_dbdir) will skip > installing out-of-the-box MySQL databases/tables. Or just symlink it. Kris
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