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

[Jochen Wiedmann]

On Fr, 2004-06-11 at 09:03, Ben Burford wrote:


> 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"???

It is intentionally, that the Makefile checks, whether it is uptodate.
Usually this happens by comparing the mtimes of Makefile.PL and
Makefile. The idea is, that Makefile gets updated automatically, if the
developer updates the Makefile.PL.

In a normal build, the Makefile should always be newer than Makefile.PL.
In other words, "make" should never trigger a rebuild of Makefile.
However, your output clearly demonstrates, that the Makefile *is*
rebuilt. The rebuild occurs without the parameters you specified when
invoking Makefile.PL manually, hence the "no password".

I have no idea, what goes wrong. I can simply tell my diagnosis. If you
want to proceed without evaluating the problem, you should temporarily
disable passwords for the "test" database or ignore the errors and
proceed to "make install" immediately.


Jochen