From: Joseph Marton (jmmarton_at_gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2007 - 19:42:22 CEST
Message-ID: <859ece290708061042w15a7632etdaefbef57ec6ca7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:42:22 -0500 From: "Joseph Marton" <jmmarton@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Re: SLES9 and MySQL5
Well, in the case of MySQL, the packages *have* been specifically
built for SLES. They have both SLES9 & SLES10 packages, and they
offer 32-bit and 64-bit varieties. So while more than likely they'll
work, since the packages didn't come from Novell/SUSE directly Novell
can't offer support.
Joe
On 8/6/07, Peter Van Lone <petervl@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/6/07, Joseph Marton <jmmarton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the case of MySQL, you can get updated RPMs directly from them.
> > Just keep in mind if you do this, you will no longer get support from
> > Novell if you have an issue specifically with MySQL.
>
> the lack of support ... that was precisely my point.
>
> And that it has not at all been tested by SUSE. And in some cases an
> RPM that you find may not be specifically packaged for SUSE, and so
> files end up in different places, or you can't manage the install via
> YAST, or you can't rely on SUSE updates, etc ...
>
>
> Peter
>
>
>
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