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May 6, 2008, 2:42 AM
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Re: Upgrade led to mysql conflicts (fwd)
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On Tue, 6 May 2008, Gordon Hay wrote:
> I upgraded my server from Fedora FC6 to FC8, and all seemed OK at the
> end of the process. DBMAIL (2.2.10) continues to work as expected. But
> a subsequent "yum update" to catch all the post-FC8 updates threw up a
> number of errors like this:
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> file /usr/bin/msql2mysql from install of
> mysql-5.0.45-6.fc8.x86_64 conflicts with file from
> package
> mysql-5.0.27-1.fc6.i386
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> Apparently there are conflicts between the FC8 64-bit packages and the
> FC6 32-bit packages.
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> How can I get past this?
> I've asked on the Fedora list, but with no luck yet...
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> I'm reluctant to simply "yum remove" the old MYSQL then "yum install"
> the new one, in case my DBMAIL database get lost in the process...
So back it up first.
> Are there MYSQL experts here who can advise?
Mixing 32-bit and 64-bit packages is ill advised at best. Since you just
upgraded the distro and are using FC, I am assuming that this is not a
production system. If you are concerned about losing the DB, back it up first,
but traditionally, removing the mysql package doesn't result in
/var/lib/mysql/* getting dropped.
Actually, re-reading what you wrote - are you saying you just upgraded the
mysql package, not the whole distro? That's just asking for trouble.
Considering you weren't running the 64-bit version before, is your actual
installed distro 64-bit? If it isn't, just slapping on a 64-bit package won't
work - you'll need 64-bit kernel, glibc, and probably a few hundred MB of other
64-bit libraries before that'll have even a remote chance of working.
Gordan
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