Hi Joerg et al, It's perhaps a tribute to the mysql team that I have actually managed to build 3.23.32 and link php3 and php4 to it on RH EL 5.1 66 bit. The server starts, we can access some legacy databases using the mysql client and a couple of web sites seem to work connecting as well. Much work still to be done. Congrats to the Open Source Community for producing such portable software.
Regards Tom -----Original Message----- From: Joerg Bruehe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 20-Jun-08 6:57 PM To: Swigg, Tom C Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: Migration of mysql 3.23.32 from Tru64 to RHEL 5.1 Hi Tom, all, Swigg, Tom C wrote: > > I have been given the task of migrating some 200+ web sites fom Tru64 > UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64 bit V5.1 > > Many of these sites use PHP3 (3.0.18) and mysql 3.23.32 and the > developers have long gone... > > The objective is to provide a 3.23.32 environment on RHEL 5.1 which > will run in parallel with the native mysql 5.0.22. IMO, the main problem is that these sources are very old and were not written (or checked) to work with current compilers. I have absolutely no experience with PHP, but I still think it might be easier to use current software versions and get rid of those old ones. > > [[...]] > > I have to do something similar for legacy php 4.2.3 again linked with > mysql 3.23.32. > We do not have the resources to migrate the code to mysql 5 and php 5 > so building a mysql3/4 environment on RHEL 5.1 is essential. > Any help gratefully received. I know that migrating to MySQL 5 and PHP 5 would need quite some resources, but I also think that adapting those old sources for current compilers might need a similar amount of resources. I do not think your current approach will take less effort than the migration to current versions. Consider that the information about your old versions is phasing out too, so staying with these versions would lead into a dead row. Regards, Jörg -- Joerg Bruehe, MySQL Build Team, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (+49 30) 417 01 487 Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schroeder, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering Muenchen: HRB161028 Email has been scanned for spam and viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems/ Any queries regarding these services should be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or you can check our web site at www.lsbu.ac.uk/email/ for up todate information about this service. -- Email has been scanned for spam and viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service Copyright in this email and in any attachments belongs to London South Bank University. This email, and its attachments if any, may be confidential or legally privileged and is intended to be seen only by the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please note the following: (1) You should take immediate action to notify the sender and delete the original email and all copies from your computer systems; (2) You should not read copy or use the contents of the email nor disclose it or its existence to anyone else. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and should not be taken as those of London South Bank University, unless this is specifically stated. London South Bank University is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. The following details apply to London South Bank University: Company number - 00986761; Registered office and trading address - 103 Borough Road London SE1 0AA; VAT number - 778 1116 17; Email address - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
