diff --git a/AIX/xcat-mysql/Build-notes b/AIX/xcat-mysql/Build-notes
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+Build Notes
+
+Download mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz.
+(See http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#aix)
+
+Copy the gz file to the SOURCES directory.
+cp mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz  /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES
+
+Remove any old RPMs
+rm -f /opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/xcat-mysql*rpm /opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/xcat-mysql*rpm
+
+Use the spec file provided to build the RPM. (The spec file specifies
+this particular MySQL gz file, so it will have to be modified if you want to use
+a different version etc.
+
+rpm -ba xcat-mysql.spec
+
+Creates:
+/opt/freeware/src/packages/RPMS/ppc/xcat-mysql-5.1-1.aix5.3.ppc.rpm
+/opt/freeware/src/packages/SRPMS/xcat-mysql-5.1-1.src.rpm
+
diff --git a/AIX/xcat-mysql/xcat-mysql.spec b/AIX/xcat-mysql/xcat-mysql.spec
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+Summary: Metapackage for MySQL on AIX
+Name: xcat-mysql
+Version: 5.1
+Release: 1
+License: EPL
+Group: Applications/System
+Vendor: IBM Corp.
+Packager: IBM Corp.
+Distribution: %{?_distribution:%{_distribution}}%{!?_distribution:%{_vendor}}
+BuildRoot: /var/tmp/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
+BuildArch: ppc
+Source1: mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz
+Provides: xcat-mysql = %{version}
+
+%description
+Installs and configures MySQL 5.1 on AIX systems.
+
+%prep
+
+%build
+
+%install
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local
+cp %{SOURCE1} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/local
+
+%post
+
+cd /usr/local
+
+# uwrap
+gunzip mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz
+tar -xvf mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar
+
+#  set up link for mysql
+ln -s /usr/local/mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc mysql
+
+# create group & user id
+mkgroup  mysql
+mkuser   mysql
+
+# TODO - add call to script (xcatcfgmysql) to do config!
+
+# set PATH??
+echo "PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/mysql:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/local/mysql/lib:/usr/local/mysql/include
+export PATH" >>/etc/profile
+
+echo "The PATH environment variable has been updated in /etc/profile."
+
+
+# TODO - add postun section to remove MySQL - 
+
+%clean
+
+%files
+/usr/local/mysql-5.1.26-rc-aix5.3-powerpc.tar.gz
+%defattr(-,root,root)