Compile it man! Set the flags so everything goes under /usr/local/mysql. What's the big deal? What was that about 'making my server dirty'? That's crazy talk. We've got similar apps that hook together tomcat, rmi and mysql 4.1 - we can't change versions for a variety of reasons - but when I added new servers - I justed rsync'd over the same version from another another machine. It's compiled for the same arch - and it's all self-contained. -Peter -Cardiff, UK On 14/03/2008, Niki Kovacs <contact at kikinovak.net> wrote: > Fajar Priyanto a écrit : > > > > > Installing an old mysql into the latest centos is not the best way either. > > Why not installing the whole database into the new mysql? Unless it's using > > functions that are not available/compatible with mysql5, it will work OK. > > > > Wrong. I'm running a public library management software that requires > MySQL 4 and will not run on MySQL 5. The MySQL documentation also states > that some functions in MySQL 5 are *not* backwards-compatible. > > cheers, > > > Niki > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >