Hi, As you may know, the src distribution of mysql is installed after configure and compile it. The subdirectories of source installation of mysqld server(either 32 or 64 bit) are:
bin: client program and scripts include/mysql: header files Docs: manual info man: manual pages lib/mysql: Libraries libexec: mysqld server share/mysql: Error message files sql-bench: Benchmark tests var: databases and log files So while integrate both 32 bit and 64 bit MySQL into Solaris, can we just put: /usr/mysql ->32bit (so all bin,lib,scripts,include,Docs etc. subdirectories under this directory are for 32 bit mysql db) /usr/mysql/64 ->64bit (so all bin,lib,scripts,include,Docs etc. subdirectories under this directory are for 64 bit mysql db), which is the similar as the binary distribution provided by MySQL AB - typically installed under /usr/local/mysql(for either 32 or 64 bit) and be familiar and used by most MySQL customers. if we put 64-bit MySQL like: /usr/mysql/bin/64 ->64 bit /usr/mysql/lib/64 ->64bit At least, the 64-bit mysqld server can't be installed and startup properly without further changes in some script files(and it may need some other changes and tests to make it run properly.) Thanks! Luojia(Jenny) Chen Software Engineer ISV Engineering v-mail:(510) 550-2394 SUN Microsystems
