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4743	MySQLdb version check is flakey	admin@…	Adrian Holovaty	"when I try to execute the following command gives me an error:
{{{
python manage.py syncdb

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""manage.py"", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management.py"", line 1672, in execute_manager
    execute_from_command_line(action_mapping, argv)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management.py"", line 1571, in execute_from_command_line
    action_mapping[action](int(options.verbosity), options.interactive)
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management.py"", line 486, in syncdb
    from django.db import connection, transaction, models, get_creation_module
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py"", line 11, in <module>
    backend = __import__('django.db.backends.%s.base' % settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, {}, {}, [''])
  File ""/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py"", line 20, in <module>
    raise ImportError, ""MySQLdb-1.2.1p2 or newer is required; you have %s"" % Database.__version__
ImportError: MySQLdb-1.2.1p2 or newer is required; you have 1.2.2
}}}

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