Re: mysql 5.0

[Steve Block <scblock@ev-15.com>]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 02:44:24PM +0800, linux china wrote:
> Hi,
> Is Mysql 5.0 already in debian? I just found 4.1.

If you're running debian stable (sarge), then the official mysql package 
is 4.1. If you want 5.0 on sarge backports.org can help. If you want 
quick and dirty, adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list will 
give you access to backports.org packages.

deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main

Adding these lines to /etc/apt/preferences will keep the backports.org 
packages from overriding official debian packages

Package: *
Pin: release a=sarge-backports
Pin-Priority: 200

Run apt-get update and then search for mysql 5 and you should find 
packages available.

Note that packages from backports.org are not official debian packages, 
however.

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