Ritu Kamboj wrote, On 10/23/07 01:03: >>> >> You say that multiple versions of mysql can exist on the system at the same >> time, and the versioning in /usr/mysql supports that. But you don't have >> any versioning in /etc/mysql or /var/mysql. Are multiple versions expected >> to share those directories? >> >> Also, would it make sense to put links to some of the executables (maybe >> just mysql?) in /usr/bin? > > We shall be having version directory under both /var and /etc directory > (ie /var/mysql/5.0/data and /etc/mysql/5.0. We shall be having a > symbolic link from /usr/mysql/5.0 to /usr/mysql. We can possible link > just the client mysql to /usr/bin as well. Shall update the ARC case to > reflect the same.
What will be the stability of these soft links? I.e, will a later install (of an older or a newer version) replace them or preserve them? -- Lars
