Re: [gentoo-server] mysql 4.1 status

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Ben Munat wrote:
> Jason Stubbs wrote:
>
>>>> echo '<dev-db/mysql-5.0' > /etc/portage/package.unmask
>>>>
>>
>> I have mysql-4.1 running on four servers. I have never used nor know
>> about "MySQL-administrator" or "the query browser". I do know that
>> setting up mysql-4.1 instead of mysql-4.0 was as simple as the above.
>
>
> You've put 4.1 on four gentoo servers without a hitch?? Didn't you have
> to uninstall 4.0 first? Do you have vpopmail on these (or other apps
> that use libmysqlclient)? I'd really like to do this, but I don't have a
> test server to try it on, or a backup server should something go wrong.
> What I do have is a dozen or so domains using my 4.0 install for
> db-backed websites, email, etc. I can't afford to screw that up.

That's why you run through upgrades on a non-critical test system first.
If you don't have a system to test on, try qemu.

And yes, you can emerge it easily. Either unmerge 4.0.x first and then
emerge 4.1.x, or just emerge it and watch it magically replace the old
version.

Yes, there are library interface changes, so you will have problems with
broken reverse dependencies. revdep-rebuild works nicely for these cases.

DS
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