Robin Bowes wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
>
> > Robin> Hi,
> > Robin> I wonder if anybody has tried running MySQL under
> > djb's tcpserver or
> > Robin> daemontools? Is this sort of configuration supported?
> >
> > Robin> It would need a switch to prevent it from forking on
> > new connections -
> > Robin> new connections would be managed by tcpserver. This
> > sort of behaviour
> > Robin> is exhibited by squid (the proxy cache); I am
> > suggesting that MySQL
> > Robin> should have a "-N" switch like squid!
> >
> > Why would you need this; Persistent connections is client and not a
> > server problem.
>
> The problem is not about persistent connections. tcpserver is basically
> a replacement for inetd. ie it listens to a specified port and when a
> connection is received it launches an instance of the specified program.
> In order for programs to work with tcpserver (or inetd for that matter)
> they must be able to operate in single connection mode, ie not
> automatically become a background daemon process.
>
> I'd like to run MySQL under tcpserver and, in order to achieve this, I
> would need some way to tell MySQL not to become a background process.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Hmmm, thinking about this a little further, I would imagine there would
> be locking problems if multiple instances of mysqld are running and
> connecting to the same databases?
>
> Perhaps it's not as straight-forward as I originally thought...
>
> What do you think?
>
> R.
Why do you want MySQL to run under tcpserver? What
benefits would it give you as opposed to the regular
configuration?
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