I think this is a more general question than just MySQL, so I'm asking it here.
I am running FC3, which comes with MySQL 3.23. I would like to run a more recent version. I tried updating to version 4.1 using yum and the fedora-devel repository, but after downloading lots of updates and dependencies, it still ended up with an incompatibility and didn't do the update.
I don't want to screw up my system, but I would like to have the more recent MySQL. What is the best way to do this?
Similarly, what are the dangers of keeping the fedora-devel repository enabled? Once it updates things from that repository, can I go back?
