Bug #79251 INSTALL-SOURCE and INSTALL-WIN-SOURCE contain outdated information

• Submitted: 12 Nov 2015 14:21
• Modified: 17 Nov 2015 15:40
• Reporter: Erlend Dahl
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Compiling
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.6+
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[12 Nov 2015 14:21] Erlend Dahl

Description:
[edahl@atum11 mysql-5.6]$ cat INSTALL-SOURCE 

You can find information about how to install from a source distributions at

  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/source-installation.html

The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on
http://dev.mysql.com/doc.

[edahl@atum11 mysql-5.6]$ cat INSTALL-WIN-SOURCE 

You can find information about how to install from a Windows source
distributions at

  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/source-installation.html

The MySQL Reference Manual is also available in various formats on
http://dev.mysql.com/doc.

How to repeat:
As above.

Suggested fix:
1) update INSTALL-SOURCE

2) remove INSTALL-WIN-SOURCE since it contains the same information as INSTALL-SOURCE

3) correct the spelling mistake "a source distributions"

[17 Nov 2015 15:40] Paul DuBois

Fixed in 5.6.29, 5.7.11, 5.8.0. Cosmetic change. No changelog entry needed.