At 06:36 PM 9/16/2003 +0200, Loïc Paillotin wrote: >Fellow list users, > >I'm a debian user, and wanting to try the 4.0.14 version of mysql, >is switched to the unstable and apt-get'ed hapilly. > >The problem is: debian says that Mysql 4.0.14 depends on DBI 1.35 wich >in turn depends on perl 5.8... And I'd rather stay at 5.6.1 (well in >fact I have to stick with 5.6.1). > >What puzzles me is that my web hosting company uses (and requires me to >use ) Perl 5.6.1 with mysql4.0.14 wich is contradictory with debian. > > >So what I would like to know is: which version of DBI need I use with >Mysql4.0.14, and in turn, wich version of perl should be used for this >version of the DBI. > >Thanks a lot in advance, > >Loic Paillotin.
I am using 5.6.1 and 5.8.0 both with DBI 1.30 and MySQL 4.0.14 (although current release is 4.0.15) I am not sure what the debian docs are talking about! Maybe it is some other dependancy. John