  | |  | Taroon-list digest, Vol 1 #1 - 11 msgs | Taroon-list digest, Vol 1 #1 - 11 msgs 2003-10-23 - By Clifford Perry
Back I would think that it best to stick with RedHat, grab the mysql src rpm and rebuild, this will get you the mysql-server rpm package which goes along with the currently installed and provided mysql, mysql-bench and mysql-devel packages (3.23.58-1).
This way, once RedHat accounces what they are exactly doing/selling/packaging the mysql-server program you should find it easy to add that channel/entitlement to your systems. Also since your sticking close to RedHat and rhn, when you see RedHat release updated mysql client rpms, you know to grab the src rpm and rebuild once more. Of course this is based on the assumption that RedHat doesnt hack up the src rpm to stop the building of the mysql-server rpm by yourself.
Now for the Q about rpm package listing, RedHat site only gives a highlight version. The best way is to connect to a RedHat ftp mirror site, because the main RedHat ftp servers are typically being pounded after an OS release, (such as mirror.rackspace.com) and go the SRPM dir for the OS and see whats listed or try contacting a RedHat sales person for a complete listing, or if you have RH ES 2.1, I believe you should be able to login the RHN web interface, see the RH 3 channel and browse its information/data.
A quick Highlight comparing RH ES 2.1 and RH ES 3 of some major apps in a typical server env.
Package RHES 3 ES 2.1 system Kernel 2.4.21 2.4.9 Gcc 3.2.3 2.96 Glibc 2.3.2 2.2.4 rpm 4.2.1 4.0.4 Perl 5.8.0 5.6.1 Php 4.3.2 4.1.2 Python 2.2.3 1.5.2 ImageMagick 5.5.6 5.3.8 Curl 7.10.6 7.8 Xfree86 4.3.0 4.1.0 MySQL 3.23.58 3.23.58 Postgresql 7.3.4 7.1.3 Openssh 3.6.1p1 3.1p1 Apache Httpd-2.0.46 Apache-1.3.27 openssl 0.9.7a 0.9.6b Bind 9.2.2 9.2.1 Samba 3.0.0 2.2.7 Sendmail 8.12.10 8.11.6 spamassasin 2.55 Not Installed Cyrus-sasl 2.1.15 1.5.24 wu-ftpd Not Installed 2.6.1 Vsftpd 1.2.0 Not Installed ncftp Not Installed 3.0.3 lftp 2.6.3 Not Installed webalizer 2.01 2.01 Java IBMJava2-SDK-1.4.1-9 IBMJava2-SDK-1.3.1
Other packages which are gone include pine, lynx, tripwire, anacron & mailman Other packages which are new (compared to ES 2.1) include nano, elinks & squirrelmail
Cliff.
> --__--__-- > > Message: 11 > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:34:11 -0500 > From: Ed Wilts <ewilts@(protected) > > To: taroon-list@(protected) > Subject: Re: Package list > Organization: (ewilts) > Reply-To: taroon-list@(protected) > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 05:16:01PM -0500, Jason Gilbert wrote: > > For a developer who doesn 't need support and uses mysql-server, what > > is the recommended distro as an upgrade to RHL 9 (which included > > mysql-server)? Is the only solution to download the SRPM and > > recompile? Seems a bit unnecessarilly inefficient. > > It depends on what level of support and lifecycle you want. You could > run Fedora which I am assuming will include mysql-server. You have > essentially no support and a short life cycle. > > You could run Red Hat Professional Workstation, and add mysql-server > yourself by either grabbing the srpm or getting the mysql sources and > rebuilding, or by getting a binary rpm from someplace else (Fedora or > other distros, or from the mysql site). You have a multi-year lifecyle. > > You could get RHEL WS, ES, or AS and add mysql-server yourself. > > You could get the separate layered product, but I believe we 're waiting > for more details on what this entails. > > -- > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA > mailto:ewilts@(protected) > Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program >
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