ft_min_word_len unrecognized on Red Hat >= 9

[Myk Melez]

David Miller wrote:

> Kenneth Porter wrote:
>
>> So I've discovered. And Fedora doesn't ship with a v4 MySQL, so it's 
>> necessary to upgrade using the SRPM at the MySQL site. I found some 
>> bugs registered about this so I'll probably bite the bullet and 
>> upgrade the DB.
>
>
> This was because of licensing issues... MySQL changed their license in 
> 4.0, and the new license was just strict enough that RedHat couldn't 
> legally distribute it.  So RedHat stuck with 3.23.x.  I've heard 
> rumors that MySQL has since fixed that problem with the license, but 
> since RedHat still has 3.23.x (even in Fedora Core 2), I don't know 
> how true that is.

The last I heard the license problems weren't fixed, but regardless, I 
recommend using MySQL's RPMs instead of Red Hat's.  Red Hat only updates 
MySQL for critical fixes and often does it by backporting fixes to its 
existing release, while MySQL regularly releases stable point versions 
with many bug fixes and stable feature enhancements.  I find the stable 
MySQL RPMs better balance the twin needs for stability and enhancements.

-myk