MySQL Bugs: #30161: Perl API - No "configure" with DBD-mysql-4.005

Bug #30161	Perl API - No "configure" with DBD-mysql-4.005
Submitted:	31 Jul 2007 22:09	Modified:	1 Aug 2007 19:34
Reporter:	Daniel Barker	Email Updates:
Status:	Not a Bug	Impact on me:	None
Category:	Connectors: DBD::mysql ( Perl )	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	14.12 Distrib 5.0.45	OS:	MacOS (Intel)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Dear Sir or Madam,

There seems to be no "configure" script with DBD::mysql. Also there is no obvious option to "perl Makefile.PL" that would achieve the same effect. This makes it unclear how to install the software in a non-default location.

How to repeat:
tar xfv DBD-mysql-4.005.tar

Suggested fix:
When I have got tests to work (see my other bug reported today), I may try omitting the "make install" step, and setting PERL5LIB appropriately. Do you anticipate problems with this?

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/ and the instructions on
how to report a bug at http://bugs.mysql.com/how-to-report.php

Read at http://www.cpan.org/ how to install CPAN module. Alternatively you can run `perl Makefile.PL --help` to see option list.

Dear Sveta Smirnova,

Thank you for your advice. However I do believe this may be a bug.

For installation of DBD::mysql, neither the instructions on the MySQL Web site, nor those on CPAN provide information on how to install the DBD::mysql library in a non-default location. (N.B. I mean the location of the DBD::mysql Perl library. My installation of MySQL itself is in the default location. But I wish to keep Perl libraries in my home directory.)

Note, there is some information given on "configure" for different purposes (e.g. in documentation sections MULTITHREADING and INSTALLATION on CPAN) and I would have assumed a "--prefix" option would achieve my aim. However, there is actually no "configure" in the DBD::mysql distribution.

"perl Makefile.PL --help" provides no advice on how to put the Perl library in a non-default location. No option is documented as relating to the final destination of the Perl library.

As a work-around, would it be acceptable for me to set PERL5LIB to "point to" the location of mysql.pm, without "make install"? I mean, if I "make" then "make test" in ~/DBD-mysql-4.005/, could I simply add ~/DBD-mysql-4.005/lib to my PERL5LIB envionment variable, without actually doing any "make install"?

Thank you again for advice.

Best regards,

Daniel

Thank you for the feedback.

This behaviour is documented for every Perl module. You can find necessary information in man perlmodinstall