On Tuesday 14 April 2009 17:42:02 Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > Hi! > > amarok 2.x insists on mysql 5.x [embedded,-minimal]. OTOH, I strongly need > to have (not embedded) mysql 4.1.x to be working, and, as a result, use > these > > lines in package.mask: > >=virtual/mysql-5.0 > >=dev-db/mysql-5.0 > > Is there a workaround to resolve the issue?
Not really, Amarok wants something absurd out of MySQL. There's a huge thread on bugs.gentoo.org http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238487 that describes the problem in detail. I suppose you *could* build mysql with USE="embedded -minimal" to satisfy Amarok and then hand build a local copy of mysql-4.1.x in /usr/local for the existing usage. But this is not something I've tried or heard of someone else trying. There's also some tips about following the same process other binary distros use to build a useable Amarok. It's complex, and stupid in the extreme (blame the Amarok devs for that) but does seem to work for other distros. You could also wait a few days for the ebuild maintainer to finish looking into mysql-community; or go back to Amarok-1.4; or switch to mpd and dump Amarok altogether. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
