Kevin Jaques wrote:
> so I just tried to run it,
Time to learn Unix, Kevin.
$ cd mysqldir
$ patch -p0 /wherever/it/is/patch_gcc_3.3
If that complains about anything other than one Makefile.in file, try
-p1. Do all of this with a freshly untarred 1.7.9 tree.
> I'm trying to get
> this working so I can use it in a GUI IDE.
May I recommend _The Art of Unix Programming_ by Eric S. Raymond,
chapter 15, to explain why the Unix world does not favor GUI IDEs? Read
the rest of the book, and you will begin to understand the Unix Way.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/
It's available in paper form as well, if you prefer, from Addison-Wesley.
