Sriram Natarajan wrote: > > > Matt Ingenthron wrote: >> Sriram Natarajan wrote: >>> >>> >>> - MySQL 5.1 splits its database and clients libraries separately. >>> So, once MySQL 5.1 is integrated , you might want to depend on >>> SUNWmysql51lib rather than depending on SUNWmysql5u as is the case >>> right now. right now, it looks like one will need to install a >>> database to install lighttpd which doesn't make any sense. >>> >> >> Uh, what's the right thing to do here? I would think since we're >> still shipping 5.0.67, we'd link/depend upon that since 5.1 should >> support 5.0 client libs, but not vice-versa, right? >> > MySQL 5.0 database will connect and work with an application that is > linked with MySQL 5.1 client library. Just by linking to MySQL 5.1 > client libraries doesn't make your application not talk to MySQL 5.0 > database.
I figured that, but what "works" and what is designed to work with the client/server of different versions is what I wasn't sure about. - Matt
