MySQL Bugs: #91948: mysql-workbench-bin should not be installed to PATH

Bug #91948	mysql-workbench-bin should not be installed to PATH
Submitted:	9 Aug 2018 9:46	Modified:	29 Sep 2018 3:28
Reporter:	Jan Tojnar	Email Updates:
Status:	Unsupported	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	8.0.12	OS:	Linux
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
When I try to start mysql-workbench-bin, I receive the following error:

To start MySQL Workbench, use /nix/store/f8i78dlbch62cg45qds7dhs88wqiwpiy-mysql-workbench-8.0.12/bin/mysql-workbench instead of /nix/store/f8i78dlbch62cg45qds7dhs88wqiwpiy-mysql-workbench-8.0.12/bin/mysql-workbench-bin

Since the program is not expected to be run manually, it probably should not be in bindir, which is commonly added to PATH.

How to repeat:
Run mysql-workbench-bin.

Suggested fix:
$libdir/mysql-workbench or $datadir/mysql-workbench are much better locations that will not expose the program to PATH.

Thank you for the bug report. Which exactly Linux OS are you using?. Thanks in advance.

I use NixOS (I am currently updating mysql-workbench package: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/44689) but this issue applies to any distribution. For example, here is Arch Linux package that also has *-bin programs in $bindir: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/mysql-workbench/

Thank you for the feedback. Sorry but currently that platform isn't supported.

https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/workbench.html

Well, the issue is not specific to any Linux distribution – it occurs in the official Ubuntu package as well – but rather the CMakeLists.txt in the source code.

Apparently, this was already fixed in MySQL Workbench 5.2.43 (see https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=66322) but it regressed somehow.

Can this be re-opened, since it is a regression?