MySQL update - Done

[Glenn McCalley]

Chris, portmaster was the key.  Installed that (yes, read the manpage, and 
your -o syntax was OK anyway) and MAGIC! -- update went fine.
Matthew and Robert's comments regarding updating taken to heart as well.

THANKS guys, much appreciated.

Glenn.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Rees" <utisoft at gmail.com>
To: "Glenn McCalley" <glenn at mail.bnetmd.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: MySQL update


> On 7 June 2011 12:56, Glenn McCalley <glenn at mail.bnetmd.net> wrote:
>> Trying to update MySQL from 4.1 to 5.5.
>> Updating mysql-client first.
>> Make works great, but make install refuses to install saying 5.5 
>> conflicts
>> with 4.1, run
>> pkg_delete for 4.1.
>> pkg_delete for 4.1 refuses to deinstall as all the php52 packages
>> (extensions, mysql, mysqli, pdo_mysql etc.) depend on mysql 4.1.
>>
>> Question: Do I have to deinstall everything, and then put it all back
>> together, or can I force the mysql 5.5 client and 5.5 server to install?
>>
>
> I'm at work at the moment, so I can't test these, sorry.
>
> Firstly, get portmaster:
>
> # pkg_add -r portmaster
>
> Then read the manpage:
>
> % man portmaster
>
> Try something like:
>
> # portmaster -o databases/mysql55-client mysql-client
>
> # portmaster -o databases/mysql55-server mysql-server
>
> Then, because you haven't read the manpage you'll have to confirm
> everything. Read the manpage!
>
> If it doesn't work (because I made a mistake with the -o syntax), read
> the manpage and then let us have the output.
>
> Chris
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