How to upgrade mysqld to >= 5.0 ???

2 Feb 2006

      How to upgrade mysqld to >= 5.0 in SuSE 9.2 prof ?

How to make this transition safe? (backup)

I use for mysql a different machine, than for www, .... but use also on 
www a local version of mysql for some tasks.

 Welcome to phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-rc2

*MySQL 4.0.21 running on localhost (=www)

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 Welcome to phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-rc2

*MySQL 4.0.12-standard-log running on database*
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database:~ # mysql --version
mysql  Ver 11.15 Distrib 3.23.48, for suse-linux (i686)
database:~ # mysqld --version
mysqld  Ver 3.23.48 for suse-linux on i686
database:~ # uname -a
Linux db 2.4.18-4GB #1 Wed Mar 27 13:57:05 UTC 2002 i686 unknown

bye

Ronald Wiplinger