Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Last minute stuff for 1.2 - and MySQL question.

[Friedrich L. <fl...@fl...>]

Bruce Smith wrote on 14.04.2004 16:37 MET:
> I'm working on adding PostgreSQL server now, and am about done except
> for testing and creating an init.d script.
> 
> Looking at the MySQL build/install script makes me ask why is the client
> and server are separate options in menuconfig?  According to the install
> script, the server binaries are being installed even if _only_ the
> client option is selected.

That's what I would definitely call a bug.

> All the server option gains you is to copy
> the init.d script and echo a couple lines in /etc/sysconfig/config.
> 
> So, unless I hear a strong objection really soon, I'm going to combine
> the "MySQL server" and "MySQL Client" menuconfig options into a single
> "MySQL" option.
> 
> Likewise, PostgreSQL is only going to have one option in menuconfig.

In a real "firewall-only" profile I would only want the postgres client 
side as I would want ipac-ng to send accounting data to the db server.

So I would urge you to rather fix the "problem" so there is really a 
separation between the client- and the server part of both MySQL and 
PostgreSQL.

-- 
MfG / Regards
Friedrich Lobenstock
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Friedrich Lobenstock                       Linux Services Lobenstock
URL: http://www.lsl.at/                         Email: fl...@fl...
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