Jason McIntosh wrote: > On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 7:40 AM, Alexander Hansen > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> mysql-shlibs is pretty old (3.23.58 vs. 5.0.45 from mysql15-shlibs). >> > > Oh... I didn't realize that. Looking at the package database now, I > see that you're right; if you don't name a more specific mysql-shlibs > or mysql-dev package, fink hands you an ancient one. How odd. No > wonder I was having problems, though. > > This has put me on the right path. Thanks for the pointer! > > Basically this is due to our shared library policy: we keep older versions of libraries around for compatibility, if required. And often the first one that got added to Fink doesn't carry a number with it. Unfortunately, it's not feasible to rename the current version to e.g. mysql-shlibs.
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