Re: Mysql - Binary vs. Source

2002-12-18 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Lenz Grimmer wrote: Sorry, but that would not be true. We actually *do* distribute most binaries in gzipped tar archives. tar.gz is not limited to contain source files only. I posted a self-correction. I still think the download page is unnecessarily misleading in some ways. Perhaps fixi

Re: Mysql - Binary vs. Source

2002-12-18 Thread Lenz Grimmer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Michael T. Babcock wrote: > This binary/source confusion comes from the download page; it says > "Binary packages (tar.gz)" for the source download and "Linux RPM > packages (rpm)" for the binary package. Could someone please cha

Re: Mysql - Binary vs. Source

2002-12-18 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Santiago Alba wrote: I installed binary version (source distribution)... not with rpm This binary/source confusion comes from the download page; it says "Binary packages (tar.gz)" for the source download and "Linux RPM packages (rpm)" for the binary package. Could someone please change th