mysql 5.0 on FreeBSD 5.3

[Micah]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 06:09:32PM -0800, Ron wrote:
> 
>>>No, you can just compile it yourself using ports (although the ports
>>>collection also doesn't support 5.3 any longer, most things will still
>>>work).  Using packages with pkg_add -r is an *alternative* to
>>>compiling yourself using the ports system, and there's no point in
>>>updating your ports collection if you're not going to use it.
>>
>>Is there a way to update to 5.4 that doesn't involve reinstalling?  
>>Everything I can find about it makes it seem like a very complex process.  
>>If someone can point me to some step-by-step docs, I would appreciate it.  
>>(Yes, I have looked all over the freebsd site, and I don't see anything 
>>that is plain and simple instructions).
> 
> 
> It's explained in detail in the handbook.
> 
> Kris

Under the title "cutting edge" 
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html
Note: it's geared towards -STABLE and -CURRENT users (hence the 
misleading title), just set your cvs tag to RELENG_5_4 to update to 5.4

Later,
Micah