On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 21:21 -0700, bruce wrote: > bob... > > trying to mix/match rpms for different apps can have wierd results > sometimes... if you're just using mysql, as a stand alone app, you could > grab the latest with no problems.. but if you're running apache with > php/mysql functionality linked into the server, you need to be careful. > ultimately, you're probably going to run into a situation where you need to > build php-mysql in order to get the 'right' situation to work. > > if you're going to run at a given version of php then you should be ok. if, > on the other hand, you mix versions, then you might have some issues. this > could come into effect if you have the mysql server on one box, but you have > php and mysql libs on another box with a different version of php/mysql. > > so, be careful... > > -bruce > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob Hartung > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:46 PM > To: fedora-list > Subject: mysql version in FC3 > > > Hi all, > I am stumbling around trying to learn PHP & MySQL. FC3, as of the > latest updates, is using mysql-server-3.23.58-16, etc. I note that the > recommended version to use, according to the MySQL site is 4.11. I see > no identifiable RPMs for FC3 with this version numbering. > > Is there a reason for the delay in updating MySQL RPMs for FC3 or > should I just go ahead to rpmfind.net and grab the 4.11 versions that > are just listed as being for Fedora Core (version not specified). Note > that the older RPMs are listed as specifically for FC3. > > This is a little confusing to me. My tutorial is all based on MySQL > ver. >4. > > Thanks, > > Bob Hartung In addition to what Bruce says above, You might be interested to know that AFAICT when FC4 is released (in the next week) it should include mysql 4.11.
