Sriram Natarajan wrote:
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> 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

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