You must remember, though, that for every person who has a problem
posted to this list, there are probably hundreds who don't ;-) I'd
hazard that RH6.2 is the single most popular platform for running
MySQL.
If I learned anything while teaching myself linux a year ago, it was
to use source installs instead of RPMs. You just don't have the
flexibility with RPMs. MySQL you could probably get away with it, but try
installing Apache + mod_ssl + PHP + mod_perl + mod_frontpage from an
RPM. Does one exist?
There is a little learning curve to compile your own sources.
(./configure; make; make install. There. You're done ;-) Seriously,
though, it's worth it, because it forces you to read the README, which
gives you information that can come in handy later (like creating
special user privileges, or other configuration settings that you
might not realize are important or happening during an RPM install).
And you usually end up understanding what you've done a lot more than
typing rpm -i.
Jamie
On Friday, February 09, 2001, 12:50:50 PM, you wrote:
> Hi
> I am running RedHat 6.2 and notice that there
> are serious problems running MySQL on it. There
> are lots of posts on the email lists about the
> the installation hanging at 'Installing all prepared tables'. Users
> normally manage to do one install,
> the db runs for a while, then it's impossible to
> connect, and reinstall fails. Exactly my case.
> (Tried everything except reinstalling the OS, but i guess MySQL would
> stop working after a while even if i did that.)
> I have tried installing 3.23.32 from RPMs and
> from the binary and it's always the same problem.
> This has not been resolved yet, has it?
> It is a very serious issue for us. I have a machine still serving MySQL
> db's on RH 6.2 and if it quietly stops working and refuses reinstall
> then we have pretty big problems.
> Perhaps people should be warned not to run MySQL on RH 6.2? Should the
> user manual admit this problem?
> It has been reported for more than 8 months without
> any progress evident in the mailing lists.
> I have spent days on the email archives, documentation, my system, all
> to no avail.
> Thanks in advance for any help/hints
> David
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