Tom Lane wrote: > Since MySQL AB^W^WSun^WOracle has now declared the mysql 5.5.x release > series to be GA status, I'm planning to push it into rawhide shortly to > replace the 5.1.x series. Theoretically, this will go pretty smoothly. > > I'm aware of a couple of ABI-level issues: > > 1. libmysqlclient.so, which is linked into all manner of stuff, is > supposed to be ABI-compatible with the previous releases. However, > I got tired of the amount of visible churn in exported-symbols-you're- > not-supposed-to-use. The new release will use a linker --version-script > to hide everything except the documented API functions. This might > break any apps that are relying on non-API functions. If so, I'm > willing to consider on a case-by-case basis whether to add those symbols > back to the ABI or fix the callers. > > 2. libmysqlclient_r.so is gone altogether; there's no need for it since > the regular libmysqlclient.so library is supposed to be thread safe. > AFAIK this will require rebuilding only the following packages: > > mysql++ > mysql-connector-c++ > nekovm > qt-mysql > > For now I'll include a symlink libmysqlclient_r.so -> libmysqlclient.so, > so that a simple rebuild with no source-code changes should be > sufficient. Eventually we'll probably want to fix the source code to > not refer to libmysqlclient_r, but that might take awhile if upstreams > are worried about portability. > > > There are also some SQL-level incompatibilities called out here: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading-from-previous-series.html > I'm not sure to what extent these may affect Fedora applications, > but it seems like the easiest way to find out is to try them. > > Any objections? Anything people think should be tested before pushing? > > regards, tom lane > Is the following a MySQL issue or a Bacula issue? /builddir/build/BUILD/bacula-5.0.3/bacula-mysql/src/cats/mysql.c:295: undefined reference to `my_thread_end' http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=2699251&name=build.log J -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
