[gentoo-user] mysql update questions

[Mark Knecht]

Hi,
   What are my options? This mysql thing has been hanging out for a
long time. I was scared off by two things:

1) I run MythTV which uses mysql. I have a database on my server (this
machine) that I'm worried about losing or messing up.

2) I *think* that if I update this server then I have to update all of
my MythTV frontend boxes also as I've heard that Myth required both
the frontend and the backend to run the same versions.

   Does anyone have direct experience with this? I'm sort of worried
about creating problems that take days (or longer) to fix.

Thanks,
Mark

dragonfly ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.mask
>x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.12.10
#>media-tv/ivtv-0.2.0_rc3-r4
<=dev-db/mysql-4.1.14
dragonfly ~ #

dragonfly ~ # emerge -pv --deep --update mplayer

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies /
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dev-db/mysql" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- dev-db/mysql-4.1.15 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-4.1.14 (masked by: package.mask)
- dev-db/mysql-5.0.13_rc (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-4.1.15-r30 (masked by: -* keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-3.23.58-r1 (masked by: package.mask)
- dev-db/mysql-5.0.15-r30 (masked by: -* keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-4.0.26 (masked by: package.mask, ~x86 keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-4.0.26-r30 (masked by: package.mask, -* keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-5.0.15 (masked by: ~x86 keyword)
- dev-db/mysql-4.0.25-r2 (masked by: package.mask)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
section 2.2 "Software Availability" in the Gentoo Handbook.
!!!    (dependency required by "net-fs/samba-3.0.14a-r2" [ebuild])

dragonfly ~ #

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