DK wrote:
> 
> OK this worked Paul, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, but I don't get it how do
> you guys run dbmaiL-mysql on stable without installing mysql-5

By using a different machine for the database, or by custom building
against the mysql-4.1 client libraries.

> I got one worry, I have one rather important mysql db, it's the the
> table for our xoops site. That db just got upgraded by the install to
> mysql 5. Thw xoops site still works fine.

Don't worry. Mysql-5 from debian/testing is rock solid afaict.

> Should I be worried? Can this be reversed in the future meaning can I
> back that db up and still dump it in to lets say mysql 4.1? 

mysqldump has a switch to export to older versions of mysql.


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