[ale] mySQL

[jcphil at mindspring.com (Jim)]

On Friday 20 September 2002 11:46 am, John C wrote:
> You should ALWAYS use the binaries from mysql.com.  Do not use redhat RPMS
> and do not compile it yourself.  This is per Brian Aker - Slashdot.org DBA.
> He stressed this about 3 or 4 times during his talk at Linuxworld Expo.

I would be curious to know his reasons for recommending that. I can understand 
the reasons for not using the RPM's. But I have always had better luck with 
MySQL on my machine when I built it myself. I know that MySQL.com recommends 
using the binaries, but that's just because they get tired of answering 
questions about build problems. But since when is a binary built on another 
machine better than one built on yours?

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