Re: Newbie admin - help with mysql

> try
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> echo "dev-db/mysql" >>/etc/portage/package.mask
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Con Tassios [mailto:ct@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 23:20
> To: gentoo-admin@...
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-admin] Newbie admin - help with mysql
>
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Easy-Things Info wrote:
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>> How do I tell gentoo that I don't want - under any circumstances
>>    
> -
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>> emerge to automatically install mysql?
>> I am using binaries and sources straight from mysql.com.
>>
>> I used -mysql in my USE in /etc/make.conf but it doesn't work
>>
>> If I try to emerge -p world it tells me that it will install
>>    
> mysql
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>> 4.1.x
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>
> You could try something like:
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> echo "dev-db/mysql-4" >> /etc/portage/profile/package.provided
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