Subject: Re: MySQL: no mysql.sock
To: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@ping.net.au>
From: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/21/1998 11:09:42
On Sat, Nov 21, 1998 at 08:35:01PM +1030, Berndt Josef Wulf wrote:
> MySQL doesn't seem to create the sock /tmp/msql.sock (or
> /var/run/mysql.sock) when running on NetBSD. The documentation
> explains that MySQL compiled with mit-pthreads on FreeBSD doesn't
> support sockets. This holds true for NetBSD too since it uses the 
> mit-pthreads. 
> 
> Now then, I have an application which relies on the socket. Is there
> a way to compile MySQL with socket enabled on NetBSD?

When compiled with mit-pthreads, you must connect to the MySQL server
using TCP/IP connections.

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