Re: Is it possible to install old packages on new release

2006-09-24 Thread Mike Dalgity
So what does one do if they need a port/package that is available for a previous release but not the latest release? For example, Mysql 4.0 is a package for OBSD 3.8 and I'd like to install Mysql 4.x on OBSD 3.9 or soon to be 4.0 but it seems only Mysql 5.0 is available. What is generally done in a

MySQL, UTF-8 & Package questions

2006-08-19 Thread Mike Dalgity
but is there a better way? Looks like MySQL has a binary 4.0 for OBSD 3.9 or is there a trivial way to modify the 3.8 port/package to install on 3.9? Thanks for your time, Mike Dalgity