On 19.12.2012 13:48, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Manuel Wolfshant > <wolfy at nobugconsulting.ro> wrote: >> >> There seems to be a bit of interest in making MariaDB available >> in >>> CentOS-Extras. There are a few options on how we set it up by >>> default: >>> >>> 1) replace MySQL completely >>> 2) Have a parallel install with default port :3307 >>> 3) split the package by configs and have a config that replaces >>> mysql, >>> sets port :3306 while the default install is a parallel install ( >>> /var/log/maraidb and port 3307 ) >> +1 for a complete replace. I doubt that anyone would use both >> servers in >> the same time on the same machine, except maybe for evaluation >> purposes. > > Won't (and shouldn't) that be a problem for any repository with a > policy of "don't replace core packages"? What they mean is probably to Conflict with mysql, not Obsolete it. A `yum update` won't kill your Mysql. -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro