Works fine for me even in the current trunk:
$ rm -rf /data/ps56 $ cd ~/src/launchpad/percona-server/5.6/Percona-Server $ make install DESTDIR=/data/ps56 $ /data/ps56/usr/local/mysql/scripts/mysql_install_db --no-defaults --basedir=/data/ps56/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/data/ps56/usr/local/mysql/data ... $ ls /data/ps56/usr/local/mysql/data/ ib_logfile0 ib_logfile1 ibdata1 mysql performance_schema test
Works fine for me even in the current trunk:
$ rm -rf /data/ps56 /percona- server/ 5.6/Percona- Server usr/local/ mysql/scripts/ mysql_install_ db --no-defaults --basedir= /data/ps56/ usr/local/ mysql --datadir= /data/ps56/ usr/local/ mysql/data usr/local/ mysql/data/
$ cd ~/src/launchpad
$ make install DESTDIR=/data/ps56
$ /data/ps56/
...
$ ls /data/ps56/
ib_logfile0 ib_logfile1 ibdata1 mysql performance_schema test