MySQL Bugs: #51306: --with-ndbcluster not recognised by configure

Bug #51306	--with-ndbcluster not recognised by configure
Submitted:	19 Feb 2010 6:57	Modified:	23 Feb 2010 11:22
Reporter:	Jon Stephens	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	7.0/7.1	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Jon Stephens	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
configure no longer recognises --with-ndbcluster

(Or at least it claims that it doesn't.)

How to repeat:
1. Branch telco-7.0 or telco-7.1 tree.

2. ./configure --with-ndbcluster [etc]

jon@grindval:~/bzr/mysql-5.1-telco-7.1> ./configure --with-ndbcluster --prefix=/home/jon/bin/mysql-5.1-telco-7.1
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-ndbcluster

(Continues to run...)

I note with interest that using a similar but made-up option fails completely:

jon@grindval:~/bzr/mysql-5.1-telco-7.1> ./configure --ndbcluster --prefix=/home/jon/bin/mysql-5.1-telco-7.1
configure: error: unrecognized option: --ndbcluster
Try `./configure --help' for more information.
(Stop)

BTW, --with-jon also gives warning rather than error. Are unknown --with-* options supposed to be handled differently from unknown options that don't happen to begin with 'with-'?

Same results with telco-7.0 tree.

Suggested fix:
Re-enable the --with-ndbcluster option for configure (or disable spurious warning, if that's what it really is).

This option has been present/documented since 4.1 days.

BOcklin email:

--with-<engine> still works - so its a warning. You should use --with-plugins= (>= 5.1.11)

http://forge.mysql.com/wiki/MySQL_Internals_Support_for_Plug-Ins

Changing category/status to Docs/Verified, assigning to myself.

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.