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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: News item: MySQL 5.1 bump
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:13:03
Message-Id: robbat2-20100215T221052-083266200Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: News item: MySQL 5.1 bump by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:51:59PM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
2 > On 02/15/2010 11:21 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
3 > >This is my last blocker for getting MySQL 5.1 series into ~arch status.
4 > >
5 > >====
6 > >itle: MySQL 5.1 unmasking
7 > >Author: "Robin H. Johnson"<robbat2@××××××.rog>
8 > >Content-Type: text/plain
9 > >Posted: 2010-02-15
10 > >Revision: 1
11 > >News-Item-Format: 1.0
12 > >Display-If-Installed:<dev-db/mysql-5.1
13 > >
14 > >The 5.1 series of MySQL is going to be unmasked at the same time as the release
15 > >of this news item. When upgrading from an older major version, you will be
16 > >required to rebuild everything linked to the libmysqlclient.so.15.
17 > >====
18 > I assume "older major version" means 4.x versions and older, not 5.0, right?
19 The following transitions required rebuilds:
20 3.23 -> 4.0
21 4.0 -> 4.1
22 4.1 -> 5.0
23 5.0 -> 5.1
24
25 5.1 -> 5.[45] don't require anything at present, but 5.x -> 6.0 may.
26
27 Major version in the context of upstream MySQL is the first TWO digits.
28
29 --
30 Robin Hugh Johnson
31 Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead
32 E-Mail : robbat2@g.o
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[gentoo-dev] Re: News item: MySQL 5.1 bump Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>