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

[Hanspeter N. <fi...@sn...>]

 >>> 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.”

On 7/5/26 3:39 AM, Luigi Ernesto Zanotti wrote:
> 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.

I also have 10.14, but had no problems building mysql-unified. There are 
two likely reasons why libndbclient.a was not found/built:

1) It failed to build earlier in the build process, but the process 
didn't completely stop until it was required elsewhere, or
2) the configure step is missing a dependency, which makes it decide to 
not build the NDB client library, but then doesn't propagate that it's 
not used to where it might be needed.

For (1), check earlier in your build log if there's another error. 
Searching for the string 'error:' is usually enough.

For (2), check the configure parts of the build process to see if NDB 
features are discovered.

I see this where it worked:

checking for csv storage engine... yes
checking for blackhole storage engine... yes
checking for NDB Cluster... Using NDB Cluster
could not find sci transporter in /{include, lib}
checking for NDB Cluster options...
-- not including ndbapi test programs
-- not including ndbapi and mgmapi documentation
done.

Hanspeter

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