Re: [tlug] Installing from source versus packages (was Upgrading to PHP5 on (obsolete) Fedora (Core 1))

["GMO Unix Erin D. Hughes" <erin-hughes@example.com>]

On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 23:20 -0400, Jim wrote:
> Erin D. Hughes wrote:
> 
> > You may be able to build a source rpm but if you will go through all that
> > then why not just install from source.  
> 
> Stuff that is installed outside the packaging system can be 
> difficult to maintain. For a production machine this is significant. 
> It's better to work within the packaging system and make the 
> SRPMs and RPMs. 

Agreed 100% but this is a FC1 box running a 2.6.x kernel and MySQL
5.0..... they left packages and management a long time ago most
likely.... 

Dave did you get the output from 
# rpm -qa mysql -i  <-- that is a i like Indian not a 1 

Further more I agree with Jim's comment earlier.... move to something
else and save your self allot of hassle. I do not know anyone who is
running FC1 2 or 3 at the moment. Also since you don't sound like you
are running a overly complex set up it would probably involve just
rsyncing some directories where you store your data and dropping your db
and reloading it else where. 
 

> Sometimes the checkinstall utility helps. 
> 
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