Re: [Fink-users] update of mysql-unified failure

[Luigi E. Z. <lui...@mi...>]

Hello Scott,
after reading your considerations and suggestions I decided to leave my 
lazyness and have a look into the build files.
So I discovered that the issue isn't the libndbclient.a missing, but the 
folder /.libs/ missing, (see the message below)
clang: error: no such file or directory: '../ndb/src/.libs/libndbclient.a'
I then took the hazard of creating the /.libs/ and putting in it the 
library libndbclient.a taken from a previous mysql installation (2021); 
the result was that, after trials and errors due to 'bad permisssion' to 
be modified, I got a successful build, and new .deb files.
Curiously, the libndbclient.a, that was required at the time of the 
error, is wiped out at further stages of the build, that I tried to 
follow in its evolution.
I'm glad, but the point is that I found a therapy for my case, but 
wasn't able to find where the illness is starting from.
Maybe it's a special issue for Mojave systems; unfortunately, when I 
sent the first message, I put in Cc the maintainer and got an 'invalid 
address' answer.
Maybe you, that surely know how fink's tasks are assigned, can bring the 
issue to the attention of somebody else.
Thank you so much for your help; best regards            L. Z.

On 29/06/2026 18:35, Scott Hannahs wrote:
>
>
>> On Jun 29, 2026, at 05:40, Luigi Ernesto Zanotti 
>> <Lui...@mi...> wrote:
>>
>> Why is 'libndbclient.a' missing? Is it a problem with the 'old' 
>> Mojave system?
>> Am I the only one that gets this?
>> Thanks and best regards,                     Luigi Zanotti
>>
>
> I haven’t installed mysql on even a recent macOS, but in doing a web 
> search on ‘libndb’ I find that is primarily for compatibility with 
> Plan 9 operating systems.  I am not sure why it is being required. 
>  Perhaps a configuration option needs to be tweaked?  Is the source 
> code of libndb included in the mysql bundle that is downloaded?
>
> Another option is that fink is building libndb as a dynamic library 
> instead of a static one.  Use the -k option to check if the library 
> exists as a dynamic library in the build folder.  It looks like that 
> library should be part of the build.
>
> “In summary, libndb serves as a crucial tool for developers working 
> within the Plan 9 operating system, enabling them to manage databases 
> efficiently and effectively.”
>
> -Scott
>

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