[Yum] YUM installed version 3, but I want version 4

[Rick Graves]

Hello YUM mailing list,

I tried looking in the YUM archives for this, but I do
not know how to search the archives.  I tried a Google
search, 

yum want version site:lists.dulug.duke.edu

but I have not figured out good enough key words to
zero in on what I want.  

Sorry to bother everyone with this question:

I want MySQL version 4, but YUM installed version 3. 
How do I get version 4?

Do I simply circumvent YUM -- download and install the
rpm's the old-fashioned way?  Or do I set up a local
repository?  

(The solution should be simple.)  

This question would obviously apply generically to any
rpm package.  

If you are wondering why I want version 4 so much, I
am folloing the examples in my book, "Teach Yourself
MySQL", and the book is based on version 4.  I believe
that using the same version as the book will make the
learning experience faster and less challenging.  

Thanks,

Rick Graves
displaced American currently residing in Hong Kong