[gentoo-user] Re: How to alter ./configure flags from emerge

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> writes:

> Richard Fish schrieb:
>> On 11/23/05, Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name> wrote:
>>> I disagree. Check the output of "emerge -pv dev-db/mysql".
>> 
>> No, look at the ebuilds in portage:
>> 
>> The mysql builds currently available are:
> [...]
>> mysql-4.1.15.ebuild
>> mysql-5.0.15.ebuild
>> mysql-5.0.16-r30.ebuild
>> mysql-5.0.16.ebuild

Since syncing yesterday and emerge -u world, I now get
mysql-5.0.16-r1 when I emerge mysql.  It doesn't have the docs built
either regardless of what USE variable are in force.

I've took the tips about /etc/portage/package.use syntax and
arrangement  so it now is correct (I think):
  cat /etc/portage/package.use

  mail-mta/sendmail mbox sasl milter
  dev-db/mysql mysql mysqli doc ndb-doc
  dev-backup/bacula mysql mysqli doc


But now I've got worse provlems than no documentation.  I can't even
start this install of mysql.

/etc/init.d/mysql status
   * status:  stopped

/etc/init.d/mysql start
  * working on 0
  * Starting mysqld0 (/etc/mysql/my.cnf) ...
 .......... * MySQL NOT started (0) 

Here is where the docs would be quite handy...

Anyone here who has perused mysql.com will know it is a difficult task
to find basic information there.

You can get error messages in 12 of the worlds languages but can't
find out how to get a basic setup running.

Someone said the docs were a separate package but `esearch' doesn't
turn up any in the present portage.    

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