[Fwd: Re: 3 day nightmare [Incident:081219-001436]]

[PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why am I getting these emails?

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Subject: 	Re:  3 day nightmare [Incident:081219-001436]
Date: 	Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:33:26 -0500 (EST)
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* Discussion Thread*
* Customer ( PJ)* 	12/19/2008 11:33 AM
Things get better - hah!

I finally figured out that the reason for all the "problems" is that the
deinstallation of a port does not clean out the port directories and
there are a lot of residual files that screw up any installations or
upgrades-updates.
It looks like the only way to get things straight is to unistall all the
related programs and delete (remove) the related ports from the ports
directory; then, run cvsup-without-gui :
# cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile from the /root directory.
You have to verify the configuration of each port with make showconfig;
then to change the configuration (if so desired) make config and then
make install clean.
Great! Sure works on most of the programs except when so;me idiot has
screwed up the works, like on php5-5.2.8. On installing phpmyadmin there
is a break in a "required" file in php5-spl (don't know what that is).
So, I'm back to square 1, or is it 0...
Still more wonders - some yoyo posted a solution (my donkey!)
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=883
where in he says to do just what I had already done and found does not
work... delete the php5-spl port and then run cvsup (as above)...
but.... the clown merely says "cvsup" .... oh yeah? what the devil does
he mean, cvsup - which version and what directives? And then he says to
run the phpmyadmin make install clean again... Now, does one have to be
naive to think that the phpmyadmin install will now miraculously work?
And that's not all... I wanted to post to the site to find out what the
guy really meant with the cvsup and what miracles would make the
installation work? Yeah, I wanted to... but miracle of miracles.... the
site is having some server issues and it is impossible to register
(especially with their ridiculous image verification setup)... and to
top it all off, their contact for reporting a problem with registration
or anything uses the same verification and again, there is server
problem... result- you can't register to post and you can't report a
problem... BRAVO FreeBSD.
I'm beginning to wonder why there are so many Linux users... all I can
say at this time is - horsemanure !!!


PJ wrote:
> This is rather complicated, so please bear with me.
> Running FreeBSD 7.0
> Background: Originally installed MySql 6.08alpha (compiled from ports),
> php5.27,phpMyAdmin3.10, php-mysql-5.27,php-gd-5.27 and eventually got
> things working ok.
> Problem: My ISP host is using MySql 5.0.37 and phpMyAdmin 2.10.1 ; so,
> I figure that I had better use something "compatible" in developing a
> site.
> Currently on FBSD Mysql50 is 5.0.67_1 and phpMyAdmin 3.1.0 - assume
> that installing these should make the MySql db work on the site as well
> as on my local development serve...
> I have gone through innumerable contortions for 3 days trying to install
> the needed versions but the only thing that works (more or less) is
> Webmin.
> I have checked and rechecked, installed and reinstalled Mysql, Php5,
> phpMyAdmin and php5-mysql, php-gd2, etc. and all I get is nada.
> info.php does not show mysql but it does show the pgsql and gd2
> extensions.
> the mysql.so module is in the extensions.ini file and the file location
> is set in php.ini.
> After installing phpMyAdmin there is no phpadmin database in MySql and I
> cannot connect to phpadmin - error - Cannot access mysql module, check
> php configuration.
> I tried to clean out theFBSD server files of almost all files and
> directories related to MySql, php5, phpmyadmin and then reinstalled
> MySql50, php5, phpmyadmin as well as php5-mysql, php5-gd and php5-pgsql.
> Both php5-mysql and php5-pgsql installed the required modules in the
> extensions.ini directory - but the mysql module is not recognized by
> info.php.
> What am I missing here? I can seek out and attach error files - but I
> don't know where or what would give any indications of what is wrong.
> mysqld seems to be runnin -
> ps -waux returns:
> root 1482 0.0 0.1 3456 1384 ?? I 8:55AM 0:00.00 sh -c
> ((/usr/local/bin/safe_mysqld || /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe) &)
>
> root 1483 0.0 0.1 3456 1492 ?? I 8:55AM 0:00.01 /bin/sh
> /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe
>
> mysql 1497 0.0 1.1 65860 22400 ?? I 8:55AM 0:03.28
> /usr/local/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr/local --datadir=/var/db/mysq
>
> root 66079 0.0 0.1 3308 1136 v0 S+ 11:26AM 0:00.00 grep mysql
>
> Is the datadir=/var/db/mysq correct or is it truncated?
>
> HELP, please...
>
>
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