Hi. I'm running on linux box 6.2 with glibc 2.1 and i compiled from src.rpm
mysql.
The compiler is gcc 2.95.2.
So, the new version of mysql 3.23.50 can i complie with it (2.95.2) or i
must upgrade to gcc 3.0.4 ???
Regards, irek.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Widenius" <monty@stripped>
To: <announce@stripped>; <mysql@stripped>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:26 AM
Subject: Pre-release of MySQL 3.23.50
>
> Hi!
>
> 3.23.50 is basicly just a bug fix release compare do 3.23.49a
>
> There is however two things one should be aware of regarding 3.23.50
> (both only affecting our Linux x86 binaries (normal and RPM's):
>
> - We have switched to a new updated glib library, because we found a
> critical memory corruption bug (introduced by us) in the old glibc
> library that we used to compile 3.23.49.
> (older MySQL binaries are not affected by this problem)
> - We have changed compiler to gcc 3.0.4 (because the old gcc compiler
> we used couldn't compile with an alternative glibc library).
>
>
> As 3.23 is a stable release version, we don't want to release 3.23.50
> to the general public right away, as we want to be sure that the new
> gcc version works in practice as good as it has worked on our
> internal machines.
>
> You can now find 3.23.50 at the following link:
>
> http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23-pre.html
>
> If we don't get any fatal bug reports by the end of the week for this
> version, we will then move it to our standard download page.
>
> If you find anything wrong/strange with this release compared to
> older 3.23 releases, please send a full bug report to
> bugs@stripped and we will fix it ASAP!
>
> Changes in release 3.23.50
> --------------------------
>
> * Fixed problem with `crash-me' and gcc 3.0.4.
>
> * Fixed that `@@unknown_variable' doesn't hang server.
>
> * Added `@@VERSION' as a synonym for `VERSION()'.
>
> * `SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'xxx'' is now case insensitive.
>
> * Fixed timeout for `GET_LOCK()' on HPUX with DCE threads.
>
> * Fixed memory allocation bug in the glibc library used to build
> Linux binaries, which caused mysqld to die in 'free()'.
>
> * Fixed `SIGINT' and `SIGQUIT' problems in `mysql'.
>
> * Fixed bug in character table converts when used with big ( > 64K)
> strings.
>
> * `InnoDB' now retains foreign key constraints through `ALTER TABLE'
> and `CREATE/DROP INDEX'.
>
> * `InnoDB' now allows foreign key constraints to be added through the
> `ALTER TABLE' syntax.
>
> * `InnoDB' tables can now be set to automatically grow in size
> (autoextend).
> * Fixed some buffer overflow problems when reading startup
> parameters.
>
> * Because of problems on shutdown we have now disabled named pipes on
> windows by default. One can enable named pipes by starting mysqld
> with `--enable-named-pipe'.
>
> * Fixed bug when using `WHERE key_column = 'J' or key_column='j''.
>
> * Fixed core-dump bug when using `--log-bin' with `LOAD DATA INFILE'
> without an active database.
>
> * Fixed bug in `RENAME TABLE' when used with
> `lower_case_table_names=1' (default on Windows).
>
> * Fixed unlikely core-dump bug when using `DROP TABLE' on a table
> that was in use by a thread that also used queries on only
> temporary tables.
>
> * Fixed problem with `SHOW CREATE TABLE' and `PRIMARY KEY' when using
> 32 indexes.
>
> * Fixed that one can use `SET PASSWORD' for the anonymous user.
>
> * Fixed core-dump bug when reading client groups from option files
> using `mysql_options()'.
>
> * Memory leak (16 bytes per every *corrupted* table) closed.
>
> * Fixed binary builds to use `--enable-local-infile'.
>
> * Update source to work with new `bison' version.
>
> * Updated shell scripts to new agree with new POSIX standard.
>
> * Fixed bug where `DATE_FORMAT()' returned empty string when used
> with `GROUP BY'.
>
>
> Regards,
> Monty
> CTO of MySQL AB
>
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