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Gentoo not compiling in InnoDB by default

People, I need some help here. Many users run into the problem that on Gentoo, InnoDB is disabled. It’s not even compiled in. So, no transactions, no foreign keys. Unless you recompile.

Someone reported it as a Gentoo bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44592
It was closed as “Won’t Fix” and the argument was
“USE=innodb greatly increases the MySQL compile time.
So for those that don’t want it, I see no reason to include it.”

I added a kind note asking for this to be changed/fixed. Please add your vote to this.
(you’ll need to login to the Gentoo bug system, or register if you’re new to it)
Thanks!

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