On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 12:15:43AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 03:54:10AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:10:10PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 10:52:02PM -0500, Adam M. wrote: > > > > > >Ideally, we would have agreement to update all of the following > > > > >packages to > > > > >libmysqlclient12 at the same time: > > > > > I would suggest that libmysqlclient14 should be used if possible. MySQL > > > > has changed the way passwords are stored in the database and this > > > > prevents clients from connecting to MySQL databases unless old-passwords > > > > option is enabled (which it is in Debian). libmysqlclient12 clients > > > > cannot connect to MySQL 4.1.x and newer databases unless old password is > > > > explicitly used or enabled. > > > > That's not true. It's only libmysqlclient10 that can't connect using the > > > new protocol. > > >... > > > Please check the facts before spreading such misinformation. > > Indeed, the facts *were* checked; a libmysqlclient12 can connect to a MySQL > 4.1 server on Debian using the default password hash algorithm. > > Unfortunately, it turns out this is because the Debian package has changed > the default. > > Had I been aware of this three months ago, I almost certainly would have > been trying to get people to switch to libmysqlclient14 instead of > libmysqlclient12. :/
What exactly did you check? Where did libmysqlclient10 fail for you while libmysqlclient12 worked? To confirm that libmysqlclient10 works fine with MySQL 4.1 servers, I recompiled PHP4 with libmysqlclient10 and it worked like a charm (with old_passwords in the MySQL server). > Steve Langasek cu Adrian BTW: The interaction between the two MySQL server packages in unstable/sarge at purge time is *ahem* interesting. They are really time bombs ready to explode in a few days or years. It seems RC bugs are required for both of them... -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]