[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11666: upgrade.php dies hard on MySQL < 4.1.0

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#11666: upgrade.php dies hard on MySQL < 4.1.0
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove      |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  2.9.1
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  2.9  
 Severity:  blocker          |    Keywords:       
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 Need to revert some of [12409]

 MySQL 4.1.0 is required to execute SET NAMES, and as a result WP 2.9
 upgrader never loads on old servers.  This leaves webmasters unaware of
 the version incompatibility.

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