Re: [cobalt-users] Re:My SQL for RAQ XTR

["Bob McCoy" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Summers" <charlie@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob McCoy" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 11:55 AM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Re:My SQL for RAQ XTR


> At 10:45 AM -0500 12/28/02, Bob McCoy is rumored to have typed:
>
> > We downloaded the mysql package from pkgmaster and when we tried to
install
> > on cobalt raq xtr, it gave a corrupted file or unable to authenticate.
> <snip>
> > Does anyone know where there is another pkg available?
>
> <CRYING_IN_WILDERNESS>
>
>    You do not need a .pkg file. You do not need an .rpm file. You can
easily
> install from source and avoid all these problems. Read the archives
carefully
> for a couple of minor "gotcha's," but if you're administering a server,
you
> should learn to do something as simple as install a daemon from source.
This
> nonsense of depending on someone else to create a .pkg or .rpm file (who
may
> or may not have the same setup as you do, who may or may not configure
things
> the way you would like, who may or may not properly test the package, and
who
> certainly do NOT have a financial interest in your success or failure) is
> just plain silly.
>
>    Using a Cobalt does NOT remove from you the responsibility of learning
how
> to be an administrator. Simple installs from source is part of that
function.
> It just ain't that friggin' hard.
>
> </CRYING_IN_WILDERNESS>
>
>    I feel much better now. I'm only sorry it won't do a lick of good, and
by
> next week someone else will be having problems installing from some
complex
> .pkg file instead of spending a few minutes installing from source.
>
>          Charlie
>


Charlie

Thanks for your help. If you would have spend as much time giving some
helpful advice  instead of acting like you were born knowing it all, you
would be a better service to the group.
 Your statement " Using a Cobalt does NOT remove from you the responsibility
of learning how
> to be an administrator." is exactly why I asked the question to begin
with. On top of that we just had a complete failure with the faulty kernel
issue and can't afford any screw-ups or mistakes.

Anyone else have some solid advice about getting mysql   back on the xtr I
have the rpm file. I searched the archives and didn't find any thing
helpful.

Thanks,
Bob






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