On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan <raju.rajsand at gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > I wanted to enable blackhole and CSV engine in the mysql server > so downloaded the SRPM from Centos Site, setup the rpmbuild envronment > with mighty help from the our own Russ's Owlriver website and tried > building it. I have a 5.2 centos box on which I need to enable this so > took the 5.2 SRPM (mysql-5.0.45-7.el5.src.rpm) from > vault.centos.org.(mysql The options you are after are enabled in the IUS Community repository http://iuscommunity.org/ . You should simply be able to add this repository, then install the packages you want. On a side note, you should really look at updating the system to 5.4, especially if it touches the internet. There are a couple packages in 5.2 that had some nasty exploits released. For example, udev has a local root exploit -> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0427.html, as well as some kernel issues, and other nastiness. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell