What is best way to install MySQL 4.1?

[Phil Schaffner]

On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 15:31 -0500, John Swartzentruber wrote:
> I think this is a more general question than just MySQL, so I'm asking
> it here.
> 
> I am running FC3, which comes with MySQL 3.23. I would like to run a
> more recent version. I tried updating to version 4.1 using yum and the
> fedora-devel repository, but after downloading lots of updates and
> dependencies, it still ended up with an incompatibility and didn't do
> the update.
> 
> I don't want to screw up my system, but I would like to have the more
> recent MySQL. What is the best way to do this?

Don't know about the BEST way, but I'd download the minimum set of
required SRPMS and rebuild under FC3, then install from a local yum
repository.

> Similarly, what are the dangers of keeping the fedora-devel repository
> enabled? Once it updates things from that repository, can I go back?

The usual warning is "Rawhide eats babies!"

Phil