mysql5 makes relative links in /opt/local/bin

[branson@…]

This breaks several things like CPAN which require authoritative links.

My solution was:

cd /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin; 
for a in * ; 
for > ln -sf /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/$a /opt/local/bin/$a

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Hmm. We use relative symlinks all over MacPorts and they seem nice to me.

What is the error message that you receive?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I need more information to deal with this ticket. What is the cpan command you are running, and what is the error message that you get? What version of Mac OS X and Xcode do you have, can you reproduce it with the current version of MacPorts, what kind of Mac do you have?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

I still don't understand why relative links instead of absolute ones in ${prefix}/bin are problematic. However, it was convenient to make this change in the process of dealing with the second issue in #14600, so this is fixed in r39951 (for mysql5) and r39952 (for mysql5-devel).

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Are you sure the problem was relative vs. absolute symlinks? Because your proposed solution of ln -sf /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/$a /opt/local/bin/$a does not do the equivalent of what is in the Portfile. What the Portfile does is the equivalent of ln -sf /opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/$a /opt/local/bin/$a5 -- note the "5" at the end of every link in /opt/local/bin. Can you please show me exactly the error message you're encountering, and what I need to type here to see it on my system?

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Closing due to lack of feedback.

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