Finally, it’s giving a password error at the end – so it could be something to do with the new way of encrypting MySQL passwords (unless, of course, you’re just using no password for your account).

As a final measure: check out #rubyonrails on irc.freenode.net; they’re more knowledgable and helpful than I am, for sure. Thanks for your comment, anyhow, Stefano.

Tom,

this was a useful tip, however there must be something else to it. The following shows that your solution does not work for my system (OSX 10.4.3, MySQL 5.0, Ruby 1.8.2).

I am recording this next to your tip for the benefit of those like me who can’t get past the scaffold in RoR.

Best,

Stefano

stefano-bertolos-power-mac-g5:~/rails/depot stefano$ sudo gcc_select 3.3
Default compiler has been set to:
gcc version 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1809)
stefano-bertolos-power-mac-g5:~/rails/depot stefano$ sudo gem install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
Attempting local installation of ‘mysql’
Local gem file not found: mysql*.gem
Attempting remote installation of ‘mysql’
Building native extensions. This could take a while…
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:211: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local, mode 040777
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:222: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local, mode 040777
ld: truncated or malformed archive: /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a (ranlib structures in table of contents extends past the end of the table of contents, can’t load from it)
make: *** [mysql.bundle] Error 1
/usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:224: warning: Insecure world writable dir /usr/local, mode 040777
ld: truncated or malformed archive: /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a (ranlib structures in table of contents extends past the end of the table of contents, can’t load from it)
make: *** [mysql.bundle] Error 1
ruby extconf.rb install mysql — –with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
checking for main() in -lm… yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
checking for main() in -lz… yes
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
checking for main() in -lsocket… no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no
checking for main() in -lnsl… no
checking for mysql_query() in -lmysqlclient… no

make
cc -dynamic -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -L”/usr/lib” -o mysql.bundle mysql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl -lobjc

make install
cc -dynamic -bundle -undefined suppress -flat_namespace -L”/usr/lib” -o mysql.bundle mysql.o -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl -lobjc
Successfully installed mysql-2.7
stefano-bertolos-power-mac-g5:~/rails/depot stefano$ sudo gcc_select 4.0
Default compiler has been set to:
gcc version 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)
stefano-bertolos-power-mac-g5:~/rails/depot stefano$ ruby script/generate scaffold Product Admin
exists app/controllers/
exists app/helpers/
exists app/views/admin
exists test/functional/
dependency model
exists app/models/
exists test/unit/
exists test/fixtures/
identical app/models/product.rb
identical test/unit/product_test.rb
identical test/fixtures/products.yml
Access denied for user ”@’localhost’ (using password: NO)
stefano-bertolos-power-mac-g5:~/rails/depot stefano$