Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 03:31:47 -0500 From: Donnie Jones <donniejones18@yahoo.com> To: "Seamus Roche" <seamusjr@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MySQL hostname error when installing from ports Message-ID: <20020404033147.05c3ccc4.donniejones18@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <F21wkFPjBp1tEmDig6V00016bf5@hotmail.com> References: <F21wkFPjBp1tEmDig6V00016bf5@hotmail.com>
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Hello. I reported this problem long ago to the mysql port maintainer, dirk@FreeBSD.org. It seems that in the source for the install it uses the command "hostname -s" which will produce a shortened version of your hostname instead of the full hostname. # # hostname gateway.darthik.com # # hostname -s gateway I believe that I just removed the "-s" from the command in one of the source files for the mysql port and that fixed my problem, but I can't remember for certain. I am not sure if future ports of mysql will be changed to remedy this, but it seems to be a common error so maybe it should be further researched... Hope this helps, --Donnie http://www.darthik.com On Thu, 04 Apr 2002 06:17:48 +0000 "Seamus Roche" <seamusjr@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install MySQL server 323.49 from the ports collection but I > keep getting this error causing the installation to fail: > > >Sorry, the host 'papasmurf' could not be looked up. > >Please configure the 'hostname' command to return a correct hostname. > >If you want to solve this at a later stage, restart this script with > >the --force option > > I have looked in the archives on FreeBSD-Questions and the MYSQL list as > well as some other archives and see the same question but no answers. > > Thanks, > Seamus > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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