Howto enable compat RPM when compiling MariaDB 5.5.x

If you are compiling MariaDB yourself and you need the compat RPM, you need to download the latest MariaDB-shared-5.3 RPM from http://downloads.mariadb.org/MariaDB/5.3.7/

Place the file OUTSIDE of you source directory.

Directory listing:

mariadb-5.5.25 (source directory)
mariadb-5.5.25.tar.gz
MariaDB-shared-5.3.7-116.el5.x86_64.rpm