Hi! thanks everyone for your help so far!
by the way, when trying to install mysql-server (currently a 4.0 version) it also wants to install exim4 etc. this isnt necessary at all and should be fixed for mysql 4.1 package? # apt-get -s install mysql-server Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl liblockfile1 libmysqlclient10 libmysqlclient12 libnet-daemon-perl libpcre3 libplrpc-perl mailx mysql-client mysql-common Suggested packages: eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info dbishell libcompress-zlib-perl mysql-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl liblockfile1 libmysqlclient10 libmysqlclient12 libnet-daemon-perl libpcre3 libplrpc-perl mailx mysql-client mysql-common mysql-server # apt-get check Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Corin Sunday, December 12, 2004, 4:56:55 PM, you wrote: FS> Hello, FS> On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 04:38:41PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Corin Langosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > i downloaded the sources but cant compile them. it always >> > complains about linuxthreads..? i didnt find a mysql-4.1.7 >> > precompiled on alioth, isnt it exisiting? FS> A patched version will be uploaded, as soon as the build is done. >> The libmysqlclinet10-lgpl had the same problem and I forced it to use >> pthread despite the missing comment. I'm waiting to hear from the >> maintainer if this was ok. FS> Please check the attached patch fron Andreas Jochens, it works for both FS> mysql 4.0 and 4.1. FS> Greetings FS> Frederik Schueler