Atomicorp

Oh, I just read in the changelog for php that you're linking against mysql 4.1 since 4.4.1-2. So I'll need to downgrade to 4.4.1-1 or older, as they are linked to mysql3 apparently. However, 4.4.0-3 is the newest mysql3-linked php release up on your server. Why was 4.4.1 removed?

I just downgraded to php 4.4.0-3 and the old 3.23.58 mysql. However, some sites stopped working and phpmyadmin couldn't open those databases. Didn't mysql 4.x add utf-8 support? I think some clients may have changed the charset of their databases...

I'm currently upgrading back to your mysql 4.1 and php 4.4.2 again...

Ok, I'm kind of stuck now. Upgraded again and the sites that broke after downgrading are working again. But my perl app is still broken.

Man you have bad timing I had just cleared out some of the older packages from the archive this morning to free up some space.

Another option here, and its a fun one, is to rebuild php-4.4.2 on your system with the native mysql 3 client libraries.

I just decided to take the perl app off that server and moved it to a CentOS 4.2 server with the distro's own MySQL 4.1.12 (server uses ART, but not for mysql) and it's working again. So I guess I won't fuss with this any further.

Thanks for the help though, Scott. You're really a great help.

yeah the CentOS4 and FC4 systems really make a lot of this go away. So to cause trouble again Ive started working on PHP 5.1 and Mysql 5 rpms:

http://3es.atomicrocketturtle.com/atomi ... rt/4/RPMS/

If I would install your mysql rpm on that CentOS 4 box, I wouldn't be having the mixed MySQL3/4.1 environment problems right? However, I do see a mysql-compat package in your 4ES packages. What is that for then?

I believe the CentOS Plus channel has PHP5, but for now I'll stick with PHP 4.4 and MySQL 4.1.

CentOS4 is already using mysql 4.1, so all you'd get is the newer version of the package. The compat library probably wont be needed on CentOS4 or FC4.