MySQL Bugs: #32257: Irrelevant "Can't find messagefile ...\english\errmsg.sys" in Win 98 SE

Bug #32257	Irrelevant "Can't find messagefile ...\english\errmsg.sys" in Win 98 SE
Submitted:	10 Nov 2007 16:06	Modified:	16 Jan 2009 20:58
Reporter:	Dmitry Koterov	Email Updates:
Status:	Unsupported	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Packaging	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.0.45, 5.1.30	OS:	Windows (Windows 98 SE)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	errmsg.sys

Description:
Here is a closed bug about this problem:
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15209&thanks=sub

But this bug is NOT yet fixed and still reproducible in Windows 98 SE.
Sorry, I don't know how to reopen a bug, so - I post the new one.

Please see the last comment in http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15209&thanks=sub - it contains a detailed explaination.

Now MySQL cannot work totally in Win98 (from command-line run of mysqld.exe).

How to repeat:
Install MySQL on Windows 98 SE, then run mysqld.exe.

I have searched the web and found a binary patch for that bug:
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?11,59081,59691#msg-59691

Hope this would help.
Sorry for duplicates again, I have found a lot of them during the last 10 minutes...

Thank you for a problem report. So, as far as I understand Kent's last comment, this is NOT a duplicate of http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=15209, as the reason is different. This is a packaging problem to be fixed in the next Community release, 5.0.51.

Is this problem still repeatable with a latest Community version, 5.0.67?

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

Bug is repeatable on Win 98 SE using General Release 5.1.30

090105  1:07:36 [ERROR] Can't find messagefile 'C:\path\to\errmsg.sys'
090105  1:07:36 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\mysql_db\data\Data\compname.lo
wer-test
090105  1:07:36 [Warning] Can't create test file C:\mysql_db\data\Data\compname.lo
wer-test

All of the following result in the same error:
mysqld --language="C:\path\to\errmsg.sys" --no-defaults

mysqld --language="C:\path\to\errmsg.sys" --defaults-file="C:\path\to\my.ini" 

mysqld --defaults-file="C:\path\to\my.ini" 

mysqld-debug --language="C:\path\to\errmsg.sys" --defaults-file="C:\path\to\my.ini"

Thank you for the feedback.

But according to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/windows-installation.html: "Windows 95/98/ME and versions of Windows older than these are no longer supported. " Please upgrade your Windows.

Bug #41855 was marked as a duplicate of this one.