[ERROR] /home/andreas/programme/mysql/libexec/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-federated'

[Andreas Költringer]

hi,

i built mysql from source (mysql-5.1.37.tar.gz)
i didn't encounter any problem with the following steps:
./configure --prefix=/home/andreas/programme/mysql
make
make install

but on running (as root)
bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/home/andreas/programme/mysql --datadir=/home/andreas/programme/mysql/data

i got the following error message (at the end)
(and none of the proposed solutions worked)!

can anyone help on this?
(i use kubuntu 9.04)

thanks
Andy


Installing MySQL system tables...
090810 21:30:05 [ERROR] /home/andreas/programme/mysql/libexec/mysqld: unknown option '--skip-federated'
090810 21:30:05 [ERROR] Aborting

090810 21:30:05 [Note] /home/andreas/programme/mysql/libexec/mysqld: Shutdown complete


Installation of system tables failed! Examine the logs in
/home/andreas/programme/mysql/data for more information.

You can try to start the mysqld daemon with:

shell> /home/andreas/programme/mysql/libexec/mysqld --skip-grant &

and use the command line tool /home/andreas/programme/mysql/bin/mysql
to connect to the mysql database and look at the grant tables:

shell> /home/andreas/programme/mysql/bin/mysql -u root mysql
mysql> show tables

Try 'mysqld --help' if you have problems with paths. Using --log
gives you a log in /home/andreas/programme/mysql/data that may be helpful.

The latest information about MySQL is available on the web at
http://www.mysql.com/. Please consult the MySQL manual section
'Problems running mysql_install_db', and the manual section that
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