If you’ve tried compiling MySQL/MariaDB/XtraDB from source code on Windows, you may have run into the following error:
C:\GnuWin32\bin\bison.exe: m4: Invalid argument
Now, it is a known bug to receive this error if you install it to a location with spaces in the path. So don’t do that!
But, there are cases when you have not installed it to a path with spaces, and you still receive this error.
I’ve encountered it a number of times, and I’m not the only one (btw, thanks Venu for your existing work-around up to this point!).
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Problem:
Compile MySQL/MariaDB/XtraDB on Windows and receive the following error …
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