Re: MySql 4.1 Solaris 8.2/x86 compile anomoly (includes pos. soln.)

Sinisa Milivojevic <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.mysql.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
David John PENTON writes:
> Description:
> ------------
> Mysql fails to install due to compile error on line 655. Unable to find
> constant VIS_WHITE. This is due to not having the correct vis.h.
> 
> ie. HAVE_VIS_H should be false and this library should not be included 
> line 49.
> (although there is a different vis.h library installed - from the BSD ver).
> 
> Replacing strvis & unstrvis with strcpy allows compile and install 
> however it may have
> implications...
> 
> How-To-Repeat:
> --------------
> Install on a protected Solaris 8.2/x86 machine using 3.2 where system
> libraries cannot be installed in standard positions.
> 
> Fix:
> ----
> wrap HAVE_VIS_H tests around line 655 and 617. If not true just do 
> strcpy. It at then allows it to compile and run - though it may cause 
> trouble for those people without vis.h later on.
> 

[skip]

Thank you for your bug report.

The above fix would not work for those that have a proper library,
which is why our production dept. will have to improve upon the
testing of the existence of this library.

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