mysql.sock problem

[Stephen J. Schilt]

I have MySQL server mounted on five machines and have never run into 
this before. I am trying to put the server up on a sixth machine but 
cannot get a decent install. It has to do with a file name 
mysql.sock, an suid permitted file that is giving me fits.

The scenario goes like this:

I can use the MySQL client shell without problems. When I install the 
server (binary install) the script puts mysql in /var/lib/mysql and 
the client likes it just fine. However in trying to install the Perl 
stuff Msql-MySQL-modules-1.2209 insists that the file be in /tmp. If 
I could clone the file that would solve the problem perhaps but the 
computer doesn't allow me to copy or ftp the file. There fore when I 
try to run 'make test' the file breaks.
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