mysql_install_db error????

[Jani Tolonen]

Phil writes:
 > Hello.
 > 
 >     I just finished installing Mysql and after the make install i ran
 > script/mysql_install_db and got this error;
 >     /usr/libexec/ld.so: Undefined symbol "_fchdir" called from
 > mysqld:/usr/lib/libc_r.so.3.0 at 0x201a96a8
 > Installation of grant tables failed!
 > 
 > So i went to check the log files as suggest but there are no log files.
 > 
 > What can I do???
 > To note. I am running FreeBSD 2.2.7 and the mysql install is 3.22.22
 > 
 > Thankyou for the assistance in advance.
 > 
 > 
 > Phil
 > 

Hello Phil,

This looks like a bug in your libc_r version.

Try recompiling MySQL with the following options:

--with-mysqld-ldflags=-all-static --disable-shared 

Regards,

- Jani

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