Bug 168630

Summary:	Request use flag to install mysql client only
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Erik Logtenberg <erik>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Erik Logtenberg 2007-02-27 20:25:59 UTC

Hi,

I'd like to request a use flag added to the MySQL ebuild, that causes only the mysql client tools (/usr/bin/mysql, /usr/bin/mysqldump and so on) to be installed, but not the server.
This could also imply dropping most of the dependancies that are in fact only needed for the server part, (as well as not setting the "mysql" use flag globally).
I think this would make "workstation"-installs much cleaner, since one would normally not run a MySQL server on a workstation, but would want to be able to connect to and manage a MySQL server running on another machine nontheless, without the need to install all kinds of software locally that are not needed for this purpose.

I hope it is possible to accomodate this request.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-02-27 20:41:39 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 45154 ***