[ale] Compiling MySQL 8.0.17 on CentOS 8 on a DigitalOcean VM

[DJ-Pfulio]

On 9/30/20 6:22 PM, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:
> I'm working on upgrading some software and I've been deploying this
> software for over 15yrs similar to the SNAPs method.  I don't like
> SNAP because too many loop devices can be used up.  I put everything
> in /opt/<name> and then compile packages and put there. This method
> works very well because in a pinch I can tar up that directory on
> CentOS 5.X and run on CentOS 6.X during a simple upgrade.

Cough ... Linux Container ... cough.