upgrading from mysql 4 to 5 on fc4

[Chasecreek Systemhouse]

On 1/13/06, Gregory Machin <gregory.machin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I need to upgrade to mysql 5, with out breaking to much stuff .. How would
> you advise i go about this ?

Dump your database BEFORE the upgrade.

Document all the requirements of your current MySQL environment --
php, perl, etc etc.

You can probably use this out of development (I use it everyday
without any issue) -
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/i386/Fedora/RPMS/mysql-5.0.18-1.i386.rpm

However, if you want to standardized migration then use the download
rpms for source off the MySQL site and rebuild all the code yourself: 
MySQL Apache and PHP (and Perl BD requirements, etc.)

Building from source at times seems a hard task but is quite easy once
you get the hang of it.  Probably better to just download the FC rpms
if you are not completely sure.
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