[csw-maintainers] Building MySQL 5.1.x

[rupert THURNER]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 02:09, Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski
<maciej at opencsw.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
>> Hi Maciej,
>>
>>> libtool: Version mismatch error.  This is libtool 2.2.6, but the
>>> libtool: definition of this LT_INIT comes from libtool 2.2.6b.
>>> libtool: You should recreate aclocal.m4 with macros from libtool 2.2.6
>>> libtool: and run autoconf again.
>>> gmake[4]: *** [conf_to_src] Error 63
>>> gmake[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>>> gmake[4]: Leaving directory
>>>
>>> `/home/maciej/src/opencsw/pkg/mysql5/branches/mysql-5.1.x-optcsw/work/solaris8-sparc/build-isa-sparcv8/mysql-5.1.40/strings'
>>>
>>> This is a completely clean build, no preexisting files.  Has anyone
>>> seen this problem before?
>>
>> *Sigh* I did update libtool to 2.2.6b a couple of days ago.
>> Most certainly this is the cause for the problem. However,
>> I don't understand why it actually *is* a problem as the
>> macros should only be pulled in when the autoconf-files are
>> regenerated. I can offer to look at the problem but won't
>> consider myself a libtool wizard.
>
> The problem appears to be in MySQL sources rather than our
> installation.  Rerunning autoconf fixes the issue.
>
> Meanwhile, I've got a question about the 5.1 version: do we release
> CSWmysql51* as a new set of packages or do we upgrade CSWmysql5 with
> the 5.1 version?

the upgrade and incompatible change list is quite impressing:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html

rupert.