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 # mysql-patch
 patch for mysql with updated wolfSSL
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+To run patch copy mysql-5.6.22-wolfssl.patch into the same directory with current MYSQL source code. (On mac this is something like /usr/local/src/)
+From the terminal in the same direcotry containing the patch and current MYSQL source code run ""patch -s -p0 < mysql-5.6.22-wolfssl.patch""
+To build using updated SSL make MYSQL with the command ""cmake . -DWITH_SSL=bundled"" (from inside the MYSQL source code directory)
+Then run the standard make -- make install