ABSOLUTELY!!! - If nothing else, add it as a separate entry in Portage (mysql_w_innodb)... I for one, use innodb...
Why a separate package when you can add innodb to the USE variables for mysql?
emerge -pv mysql
dev-db/mysql-4.0.22-r2 [4.0.22] +berkdb -debug +innodb +perl +readline (-selinux) +ssl -static +tcpd 0 kB
Yeah it's slightly annoying when you happen to start playing with something that needs innodb, but 9 minutes later you're set. As for innodb being the default storage engine, I'll believe that when the default my.conf starts asking for 5GB for ibdata upfront. :-)
kashani
-----Original Message-----
From: Arjen Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:50 AM
To: community
Subject: little crusade for Gentoo to compile with InnoDB
Hi all,
Many users run into the problem that on Gentoo, InnoDB is disabled. It's not even compiled in. So, no transactions, no foreign keys. Unless you recompile.
Someone reported it as a Gentoo bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44592 It was closed as "Won't Fix" and the argument was "USE=innodb greatly increases the MySQL compile time. So for those that don't want it, I see no reason to include it."
I added a kind note asking for this to be changed/fixed. If you're a Gentoo user, please add your vote to this. And please encourage other Gentoo users to do likewise. Thanks!
Regards, Arjen.
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