Re: [gentoo-user] Two instances of MySQL Database Server

[Daniel da Veiga]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM, kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net> wrote:
> Daniel da Veiga wrote:
>
> > I don't understand why use a chroot to simply run another instance of
> > MySQL. Is there any good reason?
> > All you gotta do is create a new configuration file that points to a
> > different database location and uses a different port, and clone and
> > edit another /etc/init.d/mysql script to point to the new config file.
> >
> > A chroot would be just a waste of space, since you can use the same
> > binary for multiple instances.
> >
>
>  About the only reason to run multiple instances is testing different
> versions hence the chroot.
>

The OP asked about different instances, not versions.
Isn't MySQL slotted, so you can run different major versions (4 and 5,
for example) at the same time?

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