MySQL installation deletes its own files

Following instructions based on https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/installing-source-distribution.html

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`pwd`
make VERBOSE=1
make VERBOSE=1 install

make install fails (exit status 2) with

CMake Error at plugin/group_replication/cmake_install.cmake:62 (file):
  file INSTALL cannot find
  "/cs/research/crest/home1/ucacbbl/assugi/mysql/mysql-server-trunk/build/plugin_output_directory/group_replication.so":
  No such file or directory.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  cmake_install.cmake:232 (include)

make: *** [Makefile:130: install] Error 1

https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/archive/refs/heads/trunk.zip
Linux Rocky 9.5
cmake version 3.26.5
GNU Make 4.3
gcc 11.5.0

LD_LIBRARY_PATH and PATH do not include /opt/Python/Python-3.11.5/lib etc.

Work Around?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52576869/why-make-install-is-deleting-library-files-so-generated-by-make suggests that cmake can sometimes delete output files even when the output is identical to the new file which is replacing it. When the input (here a file in build/...) is in the same directory, cmake deletes the (output) file before it copies it and then raises an error saying the file does not exist and make install stops.

Do not run make install
Configure cmake to put the installation somewhere else

Perhaps backup the build before trying the install.

W.B.Langdon Back Started 15 Mar 2025.