Mysql40-server installation problem

[Paul Schmehl]

--On July 22, 2005 3:35:40 PM -0500 Jacob S <stormspotter at 6Texans.net> 
wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I'm having some trouble getting mysql installed on a FreeBSD 5.4 server.
> When I cd to /usr/ports/databases/mysql40-server and run "make install",
> I get the following error:
>
> checking for gcc... cc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... Abort trap (core
> dumped) configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.
> Please report the problem to ale at FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and attach the
> "/usr/ports/databases/mysql40-server/work/mysql-4.0.25/config.log"
> including the output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might
> be a good idea to provide an overview of all packages installed on your
> system (e.g. an `ls /var/db/pkg`).
> *** Error code 1
>
> You can see the full config.log at
> http://www.6texans.net/codesamples/config.log and the list of packages
> installed on the server is available at
> http://www.6texans.net/codesamples/pkg_log.txt .
>
> I've googled the problem but can't seem to find it. Make buildworld and
> make buildkernel have worked, so I don't know why the make install
> shouldn't for mysql40-server. Does anyone have any hints?
>
I had no problem building mysql40-server on FBSD 5.4.  Did you cvsup your 
ports before attempting the install?  If not, you should do that first.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
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University of Texas at Dallas
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