mysql5 v. mysql5-server

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote:

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> On Oct 18, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
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>> On Tue, October 18, 2011 11:35, Puneet Kishor wrote:
>>> potentially stupid question: what is the difference between
>>> 
>>> mysql5 "multithreaded SQL database server" and
>>> mysql5-server "multithreaded SQL database server"
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>> -server
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> 
> well, both describe themselves as "multithreaded SQL database server"

mysql5 builds and installs mysql files. mysql5-server creates mysql system users and launchd items to make running a mysql server easier.
If you only need to access a mysql server on another machine you do not need mysql5-server.


Regards,
Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)