Description:
The installation document for MySQL on Mac OS X says
The Mac OS X PKG of MySQL installs itself into
`/usr/local/mysql-VERSION' and also installs a symbolic link,
`/usr/local/mysql', that points to the new location. If a directory
named `/usr/local/mysql' exists, it is renamed to
`/usr/local/mysql.bak' first. Additionally, the installer creates the
grant tables in the `mysql' database by executing `mysql_install_db'.
mysql_install_db fails if there is a /etc/my.cnf on the system pointing
to a different DATA_DIR than /usr/local/mysql/data
How to repeat:
I used mysql-5.1.50-osx10.6-x86.dmg on my Mac OS X 10.6.
Make sure that you have a /etc/my.cnf with a DATA_DIR pointing
somewhere else than /usr/local/mysql/data
* Mount the image
* Double click mysql-5.1.50-osx10.6-x86_64.dmg
* Click through the installation
* Result: the installation finishes and states that it was successful
Check /usr/local/mysql/data/mysql and see that the system tables were not installed.
au0013:mysql hakan$ ls -las data/mysql
total 0
0 drwxr-x--- 2 _mysql wheel 68 Aug 4 21:48 .
0 drwxr-x--- 4 _mysql wheel 136 Aug 4 21:48 ..
Check /var/log for install.log
Aug 26 07:24:17 au0013 installd[84859]: PackageKit: Executing script "./postflight" in /Volumes/mysql-5.1.50-osx10.6-x86_64
/mysql-5.1.50-osx10.6-x86_64.pkg/Contents/Resources
Aug 26 07:24:17 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: 100826 7:24:17 [Warning] '--skip-locking' is deprecated and will be
removed in a future release. Please use '--skip-external-locking' instead.Aug 26 07:24:21 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: ERROR: 1136 Column count doesn't match value count at row 1
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: 100826 7:24:22 [ERROR] Aborting
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: 100826 7:24:22 [Note] ./bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: /data/mysql for more information.
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: You can try to start the mysqld daemon with:
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: shell> ./bin/mysqld --skip-grant &
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: and use the command line tool ./bin/mysql
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: shell> ./bin/mysql -u root mysql
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: mysql> show tables
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: gives you a log in /data/mysql that may be helpful.
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: Please consult the MySQL manual section
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: 'Problems running mysql_install_db', and the manual section that
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: describes problems on your OS. Another information source are the
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: MySQL email archives available at http://lists.mysql.com/.
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: Please check all of the above before mailing us! And remember, if
Aug 26 07:24:22 au0013 installd[84859]: ./postflight: you do mail us, you MUST use the ./bin/mysqlbug script!
Suggested fix:
The postflight script has an error.
if cd /usr/local/mysql ; then
if [ ! -f data/mysql/db.frm ] ; then
./scripts/mysql_install_db --rpm
fi
if [ -d data ] ; then
chown -R mysql data
fi
else
exit $?
fi
./scripts/mysql_install_db --datadir=./data --rpm
fixes the issue
