Upgrading MySQL on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Edit

Created 12/21/2006, updated 5/18/2017

Specific examples

Upgrading from the 4.1 series to the 5.0 series

MySQL will be ending "active support" for the 4.1 series at the end of 2006, so I will be looking at upgrading to 5.0.

Active support dates: http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/lifecycle/
Upgrade documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrade.html
Documentation specific to 4.1-to-5.0 upgrades: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/upgrading-from-4-1.html
Change history: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/news.html
mysql_upgrade table upgrade tool: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-upgrade.html