Re: MySQL Connections on the Alpha

[Anthony Rumble <smilie infotainment com au>]

On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Mark Conway Wirt wrote:

> I know I've seem post on the list where people have gotten MySQL to
> work on the Alpha, but I'm, unfortunately, not one of them.  Can't
> find anything to help me in the archive (redhat's search is broken
> once again and alphalinux.org doesn't have much of an archive yet...)
> 
> I've tried using the precompiled binaries, and could never get the
> thing to pass the tests.  Tonight I decided to recompile from scratch
> using MySQL 3.21.32a with an up-to-date RH 5.2, and I have the same
> problem.
> 
> The code compiles fine (well, I had to tweak it a bit -- like turning
> off optimization and playing with the includes), and runs to an
> extent.  It will pass all of the tests, with the exception of the
> connect test.  The test will connect/disconnect with the database
> fine, but I get a memory violation in the next part of the test.
> 
> Is *anyone* out there running MySQL to an extent that it passes the
> sql-bench tests, or is it just me?

I have no trouble running it on my AlphaPC 164SX..

I can give you my spec file if you want that I used to compile it.. 
This was on RedHat 5.2

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