A different Mysql4 question: specfile

[Jeremy Brown]

Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:

>Yes, I know about the licensing issues.  I have a different question.
>Is there any "Red Hat approved" specfile I can use to build my own
>mysql4 packages such that I don't have compatibility problems if/when
>Red Hat does begin shipping mysql4?  I know that I can get packages
>from mysql.com, but they are different in various ways and this has
>caused problems for me in the past.
>
>I know Red Hat has mysql4 packages internally.  They even appeared in
>Rawhide at one point, and foolish me neglected to anticipate the
>continued licensing problems and didn't grab them.
>  
>

I doubt there's such a thing as a "RedHat-approved" spec file, since 
RedHat doesn't ship MySQL 4.x and may never (unless the licensing issues 
as reworked).  If you really need MySQL 4.x, I would just build it 
manually or use the MySQL-provided spec file, and expect that at some 
point in the future you may need to dump your DB into a version-neutral 
format in order to re-import it into a RedHat-built MySQL 4.x.

Jeremy