On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:53:14 Alan McKinnon wrote: > 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.
Alan, Thanks for the information! > > 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. Last months I am just here - using mpd :-)
