Description:
It would be nice if MySQL's configure script provided an option to build only libmysql. A subsequent "make && make install" would only build libmysql and install only the library and its headers.
The reason I ask this is related to the work I do on Gentoo Linux's PHP packages.
Building PHP with MySQL support on Gentoo Linux currently requires a full installation of MySQL (so that libmysql and its headers are available). This does not make much sense in a scenario where MySQL does not run on the same machine as PHP.
For PostgreSQL, for instance, Gentoo Linux provides separate packages for the server and the client library, the former depending on the latter. As similar solution for MySQL would be appreciated.
How to repeat:
wopr-mobile ~ # USE=mysql emerge -vp dev-lang/php
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild N ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.18 USE="berkdb ssl -big-tables -cluster -debug -extraengine -max-idx-128 -minimal -perl -static -utf8" 18,787 kB
[ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-5.1.2 USE="bzip2 cgi cli fastbuild ipv6 mysql* pcre readline reflection session simplexml spl xml zlib -adabas -apache -apache2 -bcmath -berkdb -birdstep -calendar -cdb -cjk -crypt -ctype -curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dba -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp -gd -gd-external -gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp -hash -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -inifile -interbase -iodbc -java-external -kerberos -ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysqli -ncurses -nls -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix -postgres -qdbm -recode -sapdb -sasl -sharedext -sharedmem -snmp -soap -sockets -solid -spell -sqlite -ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -tokenizer -truetype -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xsl -yaz -zip" 0 kB [3]
Total size of downloads: 18,787 kB
Portage overlays:
[1] /usr/local/overlay/personal
[2] /usr/local/overlay/cvs
[3] /usr/local/overlay/php/testing
[4] /usr/local/overlay/php/experimental
[5] /usr/local/overlay/gentopia
[6] /usr/local/overlay/xgl
wopr-mobile ~ # USE=postgres emerge -vp dev-lang/php
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild N ] dev-db/libpq-8.1.1 USE="nls pam readline ssl zlib -kerberos" 7,858 kB
[ebuild R ] dev-lang/php-5.1.2 USE="bzip2 cgi cli fastbuild ipv6 pcre postgres* readline reflection session simplexml spl xml zlib -adabas -apache -apache2 -bcmath -berkdb -birdstep -calendar -cdb -cjk -crypt -ctype -curl -curlwrappers -db2 -dba -dbase -dbmaker -debug -discard-path -doc -empress -empress-bcs -esoob -exif -fdftk -filepro -firebird -flatfile -force-cgi-redirect -frontbase -ftp -gd -gd-external -gdbm -gmp -hardenedphp -hash -hyperwave-api -iconv -imap -informix -inifile -interbase -iodbc -java-external -kerberos -ldap -libedit -mcve -memlimit -mhash -ming -msql -mssql -mysql -mysqli -ncurses -nls -oci8 -oci8-instant-client -odbc -pcntl -pdo -pdo-external -pic -posix -qdbm -recode -sapdb -sasl -sharedext -sharedmem -snmp -soap -sockets -solid -spell -sqlite -ssl -sybase -sybase-ct -sysvipc -threads -tidy -tokenizer -truetype -vm-goto -vm-switch -wddx -xmlreader -xmlrpc -xmlwriter -xpm -xsl -yaz -zip" 0 kB [3]
Total size of downloads: 7,858 kB
Portage overlays:
[1] /usr/local/overlay/personal
[2] /usr/local/overlay/cvs
[3] /usr/local/overlay/php/testing
[4] /usr/local/overlay/php/experimental
[5] /usr/local/overlay/gentopia
[6] /usr/local/overlay/xgl
