mysql version in FC3

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 21:21 -0700, bruce wrote:
> bob...
> 
> trying to mix/match rpms for different apps can have wierd results
> sometimes... if you're just using mysql, as a stand alone app, you could
> grab the latest with no problems.. but if you're running apache with
> php/mysql functionality linked into the server, you need to be careful.
> ultimately, you're probably going to run into a situation where you need to
> build php-mysql in order to get the 'right' situation to work.
> 
> if you're going to run at a given version of php then you should be ok. if,
> on the other hand, you mix versions, then you might have some issues. this
> could come into effect if you have the mysql server on one box, but you have
> php and mysql libs on another box with a different version of php/mysql.
> 
> so, be careful...
> 
> -bruce
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Bob Hartung
> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:46 PM
> To: fedora-list
> Subject: mysql version in FC3
> 
> 
> Hi all,
>    I am stumbling around trying to learn PHP & MySQL.  FC3, as of the
> latest updates, is using mysql-server-3.23.58-16, etc.  I note that the
> recommended version to use, according to the MySQL site is 4.11.  I see
> no identifiable RPMs for FC3 with this version numbering.
> 
>    Is there a reason for the delay in updating MySQL RPMs for FC3 or
> should I just go ahead to rpmfind.net and grab the 4.11 versions that
> are just listed as being for Fedora Core (version not specified). Note
> that the older RPMs are listed as specifically for FC3.
> 
>    This is a little confusing to me.  My tutorial is all based on MySQL
> ver. >4.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob Hartung

In addition to what Bruce says above, You might be interested to know
that AFAICT when FC4 is released (in the next week) it should include
mysql 4.11.