Upgrading to 10.4 without upgrading Perl/MySQL

mikeshur · 06-09-2005, 12:50 PM

Is there a way to upgrade from Server 10.2.8 to 10.4 without upgrading MySQL and Perl. I have noted from many discussion boards that existing MySQL set ups get broken whether upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4. I have also run the upgrade on a test server and have had gotten major errors in relation to Perl, DBI, and DBD::MySQL. I would like to do the upgrade leaving my existing Perl, and MySQL as is, and upgrade that at my leisure.

hayne · 06-09-2005, 02:28 PM

I think the only way to do that would be to first move the existing Perl & mySQL to some other location in the filesystem (e.g. /myStuff) and then make all the necessary changes so that it worked at this new location.

Then just ignore the new versions that will get installed with the OS.
I don't think that is a good idea - there will have been security fixes in the newer versions. It may take some work, but I would recommend doing what is necessary to use the newest versions.

dr chris jones · 06-10-2005, 04:26 AM

What Perl/Mysql errors did you get?

06-09-2005, 12:50 PM	#1
mikeshur Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1	Upgrading to 10.4 without upgrading Perl/MySQL Is there a way to upgrade from Server 10.2.8 to 10.4 without upgrading MySQL and Perl. I have noted from many discussion boards that existing MySQL set ups get broken whether upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4. I have also run the upgrade on a test server and have had gotten major errors in relation to Perl, DBI, and DBD::MySQL. I would like to do the upgrade leaving my existing Perl, and MySQL as is, and upgrade that at my leisure.

06-10-2005, 04:26 AM	#3
dr chris jones Triple-A Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 147	Perl DBI, DBD::Mysql errors What Perl/Mysql errors did you get?

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06-09-2005, 02:28 PM	#2
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 31,941	I think the only way to do that would be to first move the existing Perl & mySQL to some other location in the filesystem (e.g. /myStuff) and then make all the necessary changes so that it worked at this new location. Then just ignore the new versions that will get installed with the OS. I don't think that is a good idea - there will have been security fixes in the newer versions. It may take some work, but I would recommend doing what is necessary to use the newest versions.