Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:26:38 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: Christer Solskogen <solskogen@carebears.mine.nu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading mysql Message-ID: <20040123141915.F532-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <4569.148.121.98.106.1074790312.squirrel@carebears.mine.nu>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Christer Solskogen wrote: > I was wondering upgrading the mysql ports to 4.x series. should this be > okay? > > gallery-1.4.1 ,p5-Mysql-modules-1.2219, php4-4.3.4_5, phpMyAdmin-2.5.4, > phpSysInfo-2.1 and squirrelmail-1.4.2_1 seems to like mysql-3, and i was > wondering if these ports will work with mysql4. it should be alright, as iirc, mysql has not changed it's sql syntax from 3.x to 4.x. in fact, 4.x is now the production release. > and if this works, how will be the correct way of upgrading the mysql > packages? you'd have less problems using portupgrade to upgrade your existing mysql 3.x to 4.x. portupgrade will take care of the dependencies to 3.x from your existing installed applications correctly. once this is done, then install your latest app which requires 4.x seamlessly thru ports or or portinstall. Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
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