[webstack-discuss] Including MySQL 5.0 with Solaris [LSARC/2007/608 FastTrack timeout 10/26/2007]

[Lars Heill]

Ritu Kamboj wrote, On 10/23/07 01:03:
>>>
>> You say that multiple versions of mysql can exist on the system at the same
>> time, and the versioning in /usr/mysql supports that.  But you don't have
>> any versioning in /etc/mysql or /var/mysql.  Are multiple versions expected
>> to share those directories?
>>
>> Also, would it make sense to put links to some of the executables (maybe
>> just mysql?) in /usr/bin?
> 
> We shall be having version directory under both /var and /etc directory 
> (ie /var/mysql/5.0/data and /etc/mysql/5.0. We shall be having a 
> symbolic link from /usr/mysql/5.0 to /usr/mysql. We can possible link 
> just the client mysql to /usr/bin as well. Shall update the ARC case to 
> reflect the same.

What will be the stability of these soft links?  I.e, will a later install
(of an older or a newer version) replace them or preserve them?

-- Lars