Don't compile mySQL for Solaris 9. The mySQL team has invested months of work to get a very fast and stable static link of up-to-date libraries from their downloadable binaries section. I find that they are more stable and faster then the ones compiled by hand.
For Perl 5.8 goto sunfreeware.com and get it there. - Dathan Vance Pattishall - Sr. Programmer and mySQL DBA for FriendFinder Inc. - http://friendfinder.com/go/p40688 -->-----Original Message----- -->From: Malka Cymbalista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:16 AM -->To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -->Subject: Mysql 4, Solaris 9 and Perl 5.8 --> -->We are getting new Solaris machines on which I plan to install MySQL. We -->will be installing Solaris 9 on these machines. Offhand, does anyone -->know if there are problems with compiling and installing MySQL 4 on -->Solaris 9. I am also planning on installing Perl 5.8 on these new -->machines. The last time I installed Perl 5.8 on my current machine, It -->caused problems with MySQL ( I do not remember anymore what the problems -->were - it was quite a while ago and it was with MySQL 3.23.49). Does -->anyone know if there are problems or is anyone successfully running MySQL -->4 with Perl 5.8 on Solaris 9. -->Thanks for any information. --> --> -->Malki Cymbalista -->Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science -->Rehovot, Israel 76100 -->Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -->08-934-3036 --> --> -->-- -->MySQL General Mailing List -->For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql -->To unsubscribe: -->http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]