Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:50:22 +0100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@mysql.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Ron <lists@rzweb.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3 Message-ID: <20051128175022.GE963@eucla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <438657F1.7020102@rzweb.com> <20051125014355.GA34072@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Thursday, 24 November 2005 at 20:43:56 -0500, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 04:16:49PM -0800, Ron wrote: >> I went to upgrade mysql from 4.1 to 5.0. I updated my ports (no problems), >> but when I ran: >> >> pkg_add -r mysql50-server >> >> I get: >> >> Error: FTP Unable to get >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/mysql50-server.tbz: File unavailable >> >> I looked at the ftp site, and there is a 5.4 directory, but not one >> for 5.3. So, I assume I need to upgrade to FreeBSD 5.4 before >> installing this port. Is that correct? > > No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports > collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still > work). And if this doesn't work, you should be able to build it without the Ports Collection using the standard build procedure described at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html (currently chapter 2). If you choose this method and have trouble with it, please enter a problem report with MySQL (http://bugs.mysql.com/). Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Greg Lehey, Senior Software Engineer MySQL AB, http://www.mysql.com/ Echunga, South Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 Are you MySQL certified? http://www.mysql.com/certification/
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