Bug #9873 ./configure --without-man doesn't work
Submitted: 13 Apr 2005 15:00 Modified: 28 Jun 2005 2:50
Reporter: Paul DuBois Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Installing Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.1, 5.0 OS:
Assigned to: Kent Boortz CPU Architecture:Any

[13 Apr 2005 15:00] Paul DuBois
Description:
The --without-man option to configure is supposed
to suppress installation of the manual pages.  It
works properly in the 4.0 tree, but not in the 4.1
or 5.0 trees.  For example, with --without-man,
I still get this when running make install for 4.1:

Making install in man
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'.
mkdir -p -- . /var/mysql/40111/man/man1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysql.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysql.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./isamchk.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/isamchk.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./isamlog.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/isamlog.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysql_zap.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysql_zap.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqlaccess.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqlaccess.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqladmin.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqladmin.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqld.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqld.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqld_multi.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqld_multi.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqldump.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqldump.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqlshow.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqlshow.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./perror.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/perror.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./replace.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/replace.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysqld_safe.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysqld_safe.1
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ./mysql_fix_privilege_tables.1 /var/mysql/40111/man/man1/mysql_fix_privilege_tables.1

How to repeat:
./configure --without-man [other options]
make
make install
[28 Jun 2005 2:49] Bugs System
A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/internals/26471