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>>echo '<dev-db/mysql-5.0' > /etc/portage/package.unmask |
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>>That's not so hard is it? True, the version you'd get is 4.1.8 rather |
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>>than the latest, but it's definitely not difficult to access what is |
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>>available. |
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>>Regards, |
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>>Jason Stubbs |
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dormando wrote: |
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> You know there are more deps to it than that. There's also the |
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> MySQL-administrator, the query browser, and all related deps you have |
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> to deal with. None of these are very mask-precious, and you can be |
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> sure that most users interested in all of these features won't have |
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> the know-how to set this up. |
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I have mysql-4.1 running on four servers. I have never used nor know |
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about "MySQL-administrator" or "the query browser". I do know that |
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setting up mysql-4.1 instead of mysql-4.0 was as simple as the above. |
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> Sure, say that it's easy to unmask like that; but where is it obvious |
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> to 90% of your users about what to do in order to get MySQL 4.1 up and |
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> running? |
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The Gentoo handbook. |
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Regards, |
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Jason Stubbs |
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