[lug] installing both MySQL 3.23 and 4.1 on fedora

[D. Stimits]

Does anyone know if it is possible to install both versions 3.23 and 4.1 
of MySQL on Fedora? I don't want to destroy an entire installation just 
to get version 4.1...only to find something that also needs 3.23. I 
thought I was past the days when entire o/s's had to be replaced to run 
one app. So far I've been able to rpmbuild --rebuild the mysql 4.1 
source rpm's (from FC4, on FC2) without trouble, but none of the 
produced rpm packages are relocateable. Going to the mysql.com site 
seems to have some static linked binary packages that are precompiled to 
depend on various paths. The source version requires the Intel 
proprietary compiler it looks like. I really feel like going back to 
PostgreSQL, but I fear giving up the project is more practical just 
because whatever I go through has to be available as something simple 
for other people to do, or it won't be used (telling people to erase 
their current distro isn't going to be well-received).

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net