On Mon, February 14, 2005 12:31 pm, John Swartzentruber said: > I think this is a more general question than just MySQL, so I'm asking > it here. > [snip..] > > 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? > Take a look at this link: http://fedoranews.org/contributors/tony_smith/mysql/ Then download here: http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/MySQL-4.1.9-0.src.rpm/from/pick I used the above mentioned article to successfully install MySQL 4.1.9. It is not as convoluted as it initially seems. However, I'm reluctant to perform future updates. Might not be as much fun... -- Regards, Matt Florido (Newly acquainted to FC3)