Added a note about running mysql_install_db to set up the initial

database tables, as this isn't automatic.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/databases/mysql4-server/MESSAGE b/databases/mysql4-server/MESSAGE
index f66e2aedcdf..281bf28cd22 100644
--- a/databases/mysql4-server/MESSAGE
+++ b/databases/mysql4-server/MESSAGE
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
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-$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.3 2004/07/20 15:20:55 jlam Exp $
+$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.4 2004/11/18 08:19:01 jklos Exp $
 
 The MySQL directory `${MYSQL_DATADIR}' should be owned by the user
 `${MYSQL_USER}' and group `${MYSQL_GROUP}'.  This can be done with:
 
   chown -R ${MYSQL_USER}:${MYSQL_GROUP} ${MYSQL_DATADIR}
 
-If this is a new installation, please remember to set a password for
-the MySQL root user!  This is done by running both:
+If this is a new installation, you will likely want to set up the 
+initial database tables by using the following command:
+
+  ${PREFIX}/bin/mysql_install_db --user=${MYSQL_USER}
+
+After the tables are set up and the MySQL server is running, 
+please remember to set a password for the MySQL root user!
+This is done by running both:
 
   ${PREFIX}/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password 'new-password'
   ${PREFIX}/bin/mysqladmin -h `hostname` -u root -p password 'new-password'