mysql4: build failure on Lion

[Les@…]

:info:build 18 warnings generated.
:info:build 7 warnings generated.
:info:build make[4]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22/sql'
:info:build make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
:info:build make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22/sql'
:info:build make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
:info:build make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22/sql'
:info:build make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
:info:build make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22'
:info:build make: *** [all] Error 2
:info:build make: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22'
:info:build Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_databases_mysql4/mysql4/work/mysql-4.1.22" && /usr/bin/make -j5 -w all 
:info:build Exit code: 2
:error:build org.macports.build for port mysql4 returned: command execution failed
:debug:build Error code: CHILDSTATUS 67599 2
:debug:build Backtrace: command execution failed
    while executing
"system -nice 0 $fullcmdstring"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval system $notty $nice \$fullcmdstring"
    invoked from within
"command_exec build"
    (procedure "portbuild::build_main" line 8)
    invoked from within
"portbuild::build_main org.macports.build"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval $procedure $targetname"
:info:build Warning: targets not executed for mysql4: org.macports.activate org.macports.build org.macports.destroot org.macports.install

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Please remember to CC the maintainer(s), if any, next time around. Do not add random keywords.

This log is not helpful. Please upload the corresponding main.log file.

Also, mysql4 is *old*! Are you sure you want to use that? How about mysql55, which is version 5.5, or even mysql56? Or one of mariadb (based upon mysql 5.5), mariadb-10.0 or mariadb-10.1 ports, which are newer releases of MariaDB?

[Les@…]

I am running a legacy website that (I believe) requires mysql4. Unless there is some mysql4 support available in mysql5?

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Thanks. Ouch. That will require some patching.

Well, I don't know what your application requires or uses. There's this document that outlines incompatible and other changes: ​https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html

It's too big to just say "yeah, no problems, go ahead."

According to ​https://www.mysql.com/support/eol-notice.html, extended support for MySQL 4.1 stopped beginning with 2010. I wouldn't be comfortable to use that old version, knowing it receives no security fixes, especially if it may be exposed to the public.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

mysql4 is dead; I'm not planning on making any changes to the mysql4 port. Please update your legacy web site to work with a newer version of mysql.