Re: (Using password: NO) while installing DBD::mysql, Fullversion, ignore previous message

[Ben Burford]

Hello Jochen,

I didn't see a way to respond to your message from the website, so this resp
onse may start a new thread. . . .

As far as I know the system clock is fine.  It has always shown the correct 
date and time.  I don't know of any particular method to check for this.

Basically, I have the same question as you - why did the password show up in
 the "# perl Makefile.PL" and then disappear in the "# make"???

I don't understand how the perl process works (I've never studied it, I'm ju
st following the instructions in the documentation):
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install

I was hoping the answer/solution would be simple (e.g. specify an additional
 switch).  Your saying "I have no idea why" indicates that there's something
 unusual and wrong in a basic process/mechanism, which is bad news for me.  
Any other ideas for things I can try?  Do you know of any way to force the p
assword in the "# make" (by editing a file, or interrupting the "# make" pro
cess and forcing a value, using a switch, or otherwise getting inside the "#
 make" process)?  

Can you tell me what "(Using password: NO)" means - does it mean that a pass
word was not specified?  Does "(Using password: YES)" mean that a password w
as specified?  Other???

Also, is there some documentation that describes how this whole process work
s (what each step is doing)?


I will note one further thing.  As I wrote in my original message, I did the
 following:
Download and install DBI-1.42.tar.gz
	# tar xvfz DBI-1.42.tar.gz
	# cd DBI-1.42
	# perl Makefile.PL
	# make
	# make install

So this process worked successfully for installing DBI-1.42 (although no pas
sword was involved).  Then (as the next step in my process) when I tried it 
for (DBD-mysql-2.1017.tar.gz) it failed (perhaps only because the password w
as involved).


Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Ben



At 08:07 2004/06/11 +0200, you wrote:
> On Fr, 2004-06-11 at 06:22, Ben Burford wrote:
> 
> > Then I did a "make" which showed:
> > 
> > # make
> >   cflags        (mysql_config) = -I'/usr/include/mysql'
> >   libs          (mysql_config) = -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lcr
ypt 
> > -lnsl -lm -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -
lres
> > olv
> >   nocatchstderr (default     ) = 0
> >   ssl           (guessed     ) = 0
> >   testdb        (default     ) = test
> >   testhost      (default     ) = 
> >   testpassword  (default     ) = 
> 
> For unknown reasons, the Makefile is regenerated at this point -
> *without* the password. I have no idea why. Is your machines system
> clock alright?
> 
> 
> Jochen
> 
> 
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