MySQL 4 RPM question..

[Rick Johnson]

Schlueri wrote:
 > > Somone pointed me to this page..
 > > http://fedoranews.org/contributors/tony_smith/mysql/

<snip>

> I have no problems with the original mysql rpms on 5 FC1 Machines, one
> of this production enviroment (yes, it's stable!).
> 
> To install mysql 4 on your FC1 Box, go to
> http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-4.0.html
> 
> 1.)
> Download RPMS from mysql.com:
> 
> Server, Client programs,  Libraries and header files (if you need devel
> rpms!), Dynamic client libraries (including 3.23.x libraries)
> 
> 2.)
> Remove existing mysql rpms via 'rpm -e --nodeps {name}', if installed.
> Check this with 'rpm -qa|grep -i mysql'.

I've found that simply doing rpm -Uvh usually works if you include the 
compat package. This was on RH9 though, but I don't see why it wouldn't 
carry over to FC1.

> 
> 3.) Install the downloaded mysql rpms...

You may get better performance from rebuilding the source. However, what 
the URL listed above fails to mention is that if you install the compat 
packages, the dependancies no longer copmlain, since they replace the 
libraries that PHP, etc. require. Because of that, you can usually get 
away with using the binary RPMS. Yes, it may be better to rebuild the 
dependancies to use the 4.x libs, but that becomes a pain each time 
errata is released on those dependancies (been there, done that, now 
using the compat package).

HTH,
-Rick
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