Bug #38985 Make default configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql instead of /usr/local

• Submitted: 23 Aug 2008 19:13
• Modified: 28 Sep 2010 18:35
• Reporter: Vladislav Rastrusny
• Status: Won't fix
• Category: MySQL Server: Compiling
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 5.0.67
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Jonathan Perkin
• CPU Architecture: Any
• Tags: default prefix, prefix

[23 Aug 2008 19:13] Vladislav Rastrusny

Description:
Hello, dear Sirs.

I would like to suggest to change default --prefix in configure to /usr/local/mysql since such setting is used in manual and this is the most widely used setting.

Separate dir seem to be used in all more or less big softwares (in Apache for example /usr/local/apache2).

See also bug #2029: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=2029
and #2028: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=2028

How to repeat:
Just run ./configure and you will see, that default prefix is /usr/local

Suggested fix:
Set default prefix to /usr/local/mysql instead of /usr/local

[5 Nov 2009 12:48] Valeriy Kravchuk

Thank you for the feature request.

[28 Sep 2010 18:35] Jonathan Perkin

This would affect too many users for not enough gain, thus setting to WontFix.