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From: Bill Coffman <bill.coffman@gmail.com>
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On FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE, the MySQL 4.1 port is numbered
mysql-server-4.1.8a.tbz
mysql-client-4.1.8a.tbz

My friend, who is an expert in Linux, but not FreeBSD, told me that
the "a" meant that this is alpha code.  Is this correct?  Seems wrong
to me.

Thanks,
Bill Coffman