[solved] MySQL Connector C++ 1.0.5

Question

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to connect to a MySQL db via C++. MySQL has the connector and API available for this. In the process of building this I've run into some troubles/questions.
First off is that MySQL states that MySQL Workbench uses this connector:
MySQL wrote:Note that MySQL Workbench is successfully using MySQL Connector/C++.
source (at the bottom of the page) but I can't seem to find any files which are created by the connector itself.
Second is that when I create a package file it contains files that - I think - shouldn't be included (or at least not in those directories).
PKGBUILD used:
pkgname=mysql-connector-c++
pkgver=1.0.5
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="MySQL Connector/C++ is a MySQL database connector for C++"
arch=(i686)
url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/connector-cpp.html"
license=('gpl')
depends=('mysql-clients')
makedepends=('cmake>=2.4' 'glibc>=2.2.3')
source=(http://download.softagency.net/MySQL/Downloads/Connector-C++/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
md5sums=('f0ad6655f3ea7db8df3215fa928cba03') #generate with 'makepkg -g'
build() {
cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
# remove file that is included in release but should be generated by cmake
rm cppconn/config.h
# remove some possible old cmake cache
rm CMakeCache.txt
# patch for use with gcc-4.4
patch -p0 < ${startdir}/mysql-connector-cpp-1.0.5-gcc44.patch
cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .
make clean
make || return 1
make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
# vim:set ts=2 sw=2 et:
output of pacman -Qlp mysql-connector-c++-1.0.5-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/ANNOUNCEMENT
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/COPYING
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/README
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/build_config.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/config.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/connection.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/datatype.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/driver.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/exception.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/parameter_metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/prepared_statement.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/resultset.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/resultset_metadata.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/statement.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/cppconn/warning.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/mysql_connection.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/include/mysql_driver.h
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn-static.a
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so.1
mysql-connector-c++ /usr/local/lib/libmysqlcppconn.so.1.0.5
The files bothering me are:
/usr/local/ANNOUNCEMENT
/usr/local/COPYING
/usr/local/README
Anyone who can enlighten me?:rolleyes:
Thanks in advance,
Arjan Gelderblom
Last edited by Bloged (2009-11-17 09:27:49)

Answer 1

Bloged wrote:
Thanks wonder for your reply.
How do I move files using PKGBUILD? I've found an install -D command but that looks at best at copying the file:
install -D COPYING $pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/COPYING
Another question is that the patch that is executed is only for gcc-4.4 is there a way to have an if statement for that?
no. we don't have any other version in our repo and that patch will work also with older gcc
Edit: a simple solution is to copy them using install -D and then remove them... is this the correct sollution?
yes. and remove the others two files as well.