- When compiling the Max package incl. RAID support using gcc, make sure

   to set CXX=gcc (cannot link the code with g++) - this should help to
   recompile the RPM on Distributions using gcc 3
 - Added a symlink /usr/sbin/rcmysql -> /etc/init.d/mysql

support-files/mysql.spec.sh

@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ export PATH
 # Build the 4.0 Max binary (includes BDB and UDFs and therefore
 # cannot be linked statically against the patched glibc)
 
+# If we want to compile with RAID using gcc 3, we need to use
+# gcc instead of g++ to avoid linking problems (RAID code is written in C++)
+if gcc -v 2>&1 | grep 'version 3' > /dev/null 2>&1
+then
+	export CXX="gcc"
+fi
+
 BuildMySQL "--enable-shared \
 		--with-berkeley-db \
 		--with-innodb \
@@ -318,6 +325,10 @@ install -m644 $MBD/sql/mysqld.sym $RBR/usr/lib/mysql/mysqld.sym
 install -m644 $MBD/support-files/mysql-log-rotate $RBR/etc/logrotate.d/mysql
 install -m755 $MBD/support-files/mysql.server $RBR/etc/init.d/mysql
 
+# Create a symlink "rcmysql", pointing to the init.script. SuSE users
+# will appreciate that, as all services usually offer this.
+ln -s ../../sbin/init.d/mysql $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/sbin/rcmysql
+
 # Create symbolic compatibility link safe_mysqld -> mysqld_safe
 # (safe_mysqld will be gone in MySQL 4.1)
 ln -sf ./mysqld_safe $RBR/usr/bin/safe_mysqld
@@ -462,6 +473,7 @@ fi
 %attr(755, root, root) /usr/bin/safe_mysqld
 
 %attr(755, root, root) /usr/sbin/mysqld
+%attr(755, root, root) /usr/sbin/rcmysql
 %attr(644, root, root) /usr/lib/mysql/mysqld.sym
 
 %attr(644, root, root) /etc/logrotate.d/mysql