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The following builds have been pushed to IUS Stable for Redhat/CentOS EL 5

• python26-2.6.2-1.ius
• mysql51-5.1.39-1.ius

Update details follow… please expect 24 hours for your local mirrors to sync.

Build: python26-2.6.2-1.ius

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language

Update Information:

%changelog
* Tue Sep 01 2009 BJ Dierkes  - 2.6.2-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Replaced Patch0: python-2.6-config.patch with
  Patch0: Python-2.6.2-rhconfig.patch
- Replaced Patch3: python-2.6-canonicalize.patch with
  Patch3: python-2.6.2-canonicalize.patch
- Replaced Patch200: python-2.6-autoconf.patch with
  Patch200: Python-2.6.2-autoconf.patch
- Removed Patch10: python-2.5.2-binutils-no-dep.patch
- Build with system ffi
- Add -lcrypt to crypto module

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #437070 – Python 2.6.2 Source Update Available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/437070

Build: mysql51-5.1.39-1.ius

MySQL is a multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server.

Update Information:

%changelog
* Fri Sep 25 2009 BJ Dierkes  - 5.1.39-1.ius
- Latest sources from upstream.
- Added _with_innodb_plugin build option, but left disabled by default
  due to MySQL's claim that it is of beta quality.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #434120 – MySQL 5.1.39 Source Update
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ius/+bug/434120

Reporting Bugs or No Bugs

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http://bugs.launchpad.net/ius

Thanks!