A little heads-up for those thinking of toying with NDB. Not the actual NDB, mind you, the packaging.
While the packages you download are very eloquently named (mysql-cluster-gpl-7.2.5-debian5.0-x86_64.deb), someone inside Oracle either doesn't quite grok how dpkg works, or deliberately made a rather unfortunate decision: INSIDE the package, where the true package name is recorded, it says mysql-5.5.20. No mention of cluster, NDB or whatever. Now I know, the actual MySQL 5.5.20 is included in that package. That's not a problem. However, I feel that since the package is destined for NDB installations, that should be reflected in the naming. All the more because this could've well messed up my internal repository: when importing the package, it gets automatically renamed to mysql-5.5.20 - good thing we didn't have that exact version in the repo. This also, and rather more annoyingly, will also REPLACE a pre-existing mysql package where you would expect it to simply install next to it - although that may not be a common scenario, impromptu upgrades are never a good thing :-) On a less dangerous, but still a bit bothersome note, the package installs nothing whatsoever in the Debian-appropriate places - in simply dumps everything in /opt, with not even an init script provided. Guess I have my work cut out for me :-p Can't help but wonder if the RPMs are in an equally abysmal state? -- Bier met grenadyn Is als mosterd by den wyn Sy die't drinkt, is eene kwezel Hy die't drinkt, is ras een ezel
