I just tried to upgraded my to 3.22.20 on my RedHat 5.2 linux installation
from 3.22.13. Here is what happened:
[root@s1 packages]# rpm -Uvh MySQL-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm
/usr/bin/mysqlbug conflicts with file from MySQL-client-3.22.13-beta-1
error: MySQL-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed
[root@s1 packages]# rpm -Uvh MySQL-client-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm
/usr/bin/mysqlbug conflicts with file from MySQL-3.22.13-beta-1
error: MySQL-client-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed
So I did this:
[root@s1 packages]# rpm -Uvhi --replacefiles
MySQL-client-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm
[root@s1 packages]# rpm -Uvh MySQL-3.22.20a-1.i386.rpm
And things seemed to install properly.
BUT... The mysql database itself didn't get changed. The database name
field is still 32 characters, not 64. Do I need to uninstall MySQL and then
reinstall it to really upgrade? If so, what is the easiest way to preserve
the users/hosts/databases in the mysql tables? Should I just alter the
tables manually? Or are there other field definitions that have changed
too?
Thanks,
Tauren
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Widenius [mailto:monty@stripped]
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 9:03 AM
> To: Tauren Mills
> Cc: Paul DuBois
> Subject: RE: Length of Database name field inconsistent
>
>
> >>>>> "Tauren" == Tauren Mills <tauren@stripped> writes:
>
> Tauren> Hmmm. Looks like I need to upgrade this server. I've
> got 3.22.14-gamma
> Tauren> running on my Solaris box, but I haven't upgraded this
> Linux box yet. Here
> Tauren> is the version info:
>
> <cut>
>
> Yes, an upgrade will extend the database name from 32 to 64
> characters!
>
> Regards,
> Monty
>
