The last two times I\'ve used MacPorts to install mysql5 +server
, the plist isn\'t installed that allows me to have MySQL start on launch. I can\'t remember what, i
As I mentioned in an update above, I installed the files manually. As far as I can tell, there's no reason that the files don't exist and no one is talking about it, so I may be the only one having an issue with this. Having fixed it for myself using an old set from when things did get installed and given the number of requests I received for the files and instructions, I decided to blog it.
The post provides links to a copy of my plist files and instructions for installing them. It's available at http://robwilkerson.org/2009/07/16/macports-mysql-5-and-the-launch-daemons/.
Update: The article referenced above has been updated to reference the solution offered by Mike.