[svlug] Updated MySQL RPM packages for Red Hat 9?

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:51:05 -0800, DzM wrote:

> Daniel Gimpelevich said this cool thing on 02/17/2007 09:41 AM:
>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:05:24 -0800, DzM wrote:
>> 
>>> Daniel Gimpelevich said this cool thing on 02/17/2007 03:10 AM:
>>>> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:02:17 -0800, DzM wrote:
>>>>> I appreciate any pointers.
>>>> Pointer: Dump RH9.
>>> Not viable at this moment.
>> It might help if you would please elaborate.
> 
> I tend to doubt that. The pointer is orthogonal to the question:
> 
> Q: Does anyone know where I can find MySQL RPMs >= 4.0.14 for RH9?
> A: Dump RH9.
> 
> I don't see how any amount of elaboration on my part will make that 
> answer any more useful. Still - here goes:
> 
> On this legacy system there is at least one piece of software that I 
> depend on that will not run on a more modern kernel/glibc/whatever 
> system. Until I am able to smoothly migrate off of this software, the OS 
> is stuck at RH9.
> 
> On this same system I need to update MySQL from the 3.23.x already there 
> to 4.0.14 or newer. I'd prefer to do this via RPM rather than from 
> source. I find it difficult to believe that nobody has ever created such 
> a RPM, so I'm trying to hunt it down.

Doing what you're asking from source is likely not going to possible in
any reasonable manner, either. I think it is a safe assumption that the
one piece of legacy software to which you're referring does not require
the version of MySQL to be newer, but I cannot assume whether or not it
requires MySQL at all. However, either way, putting that piece of software
in a suitable sandbox on a more modern OS will almost certainly be a far
more viable solution.