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On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 16:41, Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote: > > Just FYI, > > folks at slashdot (during LinuxWorld Expo) were very vocal on using > the mysql rpms built and distributed by mysql. > > RedHat rpms were not good ... don't know why, but I believed them. If the reference is Red Hat 7.x, then I'd have to say from significant experience, that I don't believe them (don't know about 8.0 yet). A former employer of mine (who is also a current client) uses mysql pretty heavily and we've always gone with the Red Hat built rpms and never had any problems with them. I'm inclined to believe it's a NIH syndrome on the not-quite-as-bad order of the mplayer author's shrill rantings about gcc 2.96=bad, Red Hat=bad, me=reasonable, everybody else=wrong. (Or NBH [Not *built* here] syndrome.) > Also, the newest mysql supports InnoDB (I think that's it) which > is far better than the default ISAM db tables. Now there's a good reason to get the mysql built rpms -- there are no 4.x rpms available from Red Hat ;-). -- -Paul Iadonisi Senior System Administrator Red Hat Certified Engineer / Local Linux Lobbyist Ever see a penguin fly? -- Try Linux. GPL all the way: Sell services, don't lease secrets
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