[Koha] Mysql 5.1 with Debian Lenny

[MJ Ray]

Yitzchak Schaffer wrote:
> On 2011-01-21 09:58, Stefano Bargioni wrote:
> > The stable release of Debian is 5.0 Lenny.
> > It installs Mysql 5.0, which doesn't include XML functions like ExtractValue.
> > Since I'm very interested in XML functions, I'd like to know if anybody upgraded Mysql to 5.1, from scratch or from apt-get using alternative sw sources.
> 
> I haven't, but there's a straightfwd tut at
> http://www.bytetouch.com/blog/linux/how-to-mysql-5-1-and-php-5-3-on-debian-lenny/

That instructs you to add dotdeb.org as a package source.
Who are they and what are their policies?

I think it would be better to get mysql-server-5.1 from backports.org
using the instructions at http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

Either way, take care to watch mysql announcements because both sets
of packages are outside debian security support.

Hope that helps,
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