"Bas van der Zalm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I would like to have MySQL 3.23.xx on my Potato system, but unfortunately >there isn't a debian-package available for it. Building one out of the source >seems to be the solution. But I have always learned not to mix a package-setup >system with custom build software.
Use 'apt-get source' on the Debian mysql packages, and 'dpkg-buildpackage' to build them; if you have the right development packages, this will create .debs compiled for your system, which you can then go ahead and install. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]