MySQL 5.1.53 packages for Debian 5.0 « Lenny » are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours. Please note that they’re available as preview for Squeeze too.
This maintainance release fixes many bugs and security issues. Upgrading is strongly recommended after having read the Changelogs here and here.
The PHP 5.3.3 packages for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” (amd64/i386) have been updated. Here are the changes :
MySQL versions prior to 5.1.51 (including 5.1.50) suffer from a vulnerability in the processing of arguments passed to the LEAST()or GREATEST() functions. This issue could be exploited by a malicious user to cause a server crash, leading to a DoS condition.
You really should upgrade your Lenny servers (amd64 or i386) with the new packages of MySQL 5.1.51 from Dotdeb. As usual, don’t forget to read the Changelog before upgrading.
Maatkit is one of the great Open Source tools (among Percona Server, Xtrabackup and so on…) published by Percona. It’s a collection of utilities that help MySQL DBAs in many redundant, complex or boring tasks. For example :
If you’re a MySQL DBA that runs Debian servers, you really should install the new Maatkit packages from Dotdeb and read its documentation. There is a tool that will help you on your daily usage of MySQL, for sure!
Yesterday, many announcements have been made on MySQL Sunday. MySQL 5.5 is now RC, and will be GA soon, with many (exciting) improvements.
No, there are no MySQL 5.5 packages on Dotdeb (yet), but MySQL 5.1.50 packages for Debian 5.0 « Lenny » are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours.
This bugfix release embeds the InnoDB plugin 1.0.11.
As usual, please read the Changelog carefully before upgrading.
MySQL 5.1.49 packages for Debian 5.0 « Lenny » are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours.
This is a bug fix release, embedding the InnoDB plugin 1.0.10.
As usual, please read the Changelog carefully before upgrading.
On july, 22nd, the PHP Group released PHP 5.2.14 :
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.14. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related.
This release marks the end of the active support for PHP 5.2. Following this release the PHP 5.2 series will receive no further active bug maintenance. Security fixes for PHP 5.2 might be published on a case by cases basis. All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to PHP 5.3.
The packages for Debian “Lenny” are now available on Dotdeb.
Of course, you’re advised to read the full announcement and the Changelog before upgrading.
Thanks (again) to Stefan Esser and the Month of PHP security for improving PHP.
On july, 22nd, the PHP Group released PHP 5.3.3 :
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.3.3. This release focuses on improving the stability and security of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of which are security related. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
The packages for Debian “Lenny” are now available on Dotdeb on the usual repository.
Of course, you should read the full announcement, the PHP 5.3 migration guide and consult the Changelog.
Caution : (to PHP-FPM users) with the inclusion of PHP-FPM in the PHP 5.3 core, the syntax of the configuration file (/etc/php5/fpm/php5-fpm.conf) has changed. It switched from a XML syntax to an INI one. Please prepare your new configuration file before upgrading, by reading carefully the PHP documentation and this page.
And thanks to Stefan Esser and the Month of PHP security for improving PHP.
After many requests from several users and after many months of promise, the Dotdeb repositories are GPG-signed. Yes, you can now get rid of the annoying “WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!” message!
Waiting for a dotdeb-keyring package, you just have to get the key and add it to your trusted keys’ keyring :
gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-key 89DF5277 gpg -a --export 89DF5277 | sudo apt-key add -
I hope you’ll enjoy it.
MySQL 5.1.48 packages for Debian 5.0 « Lenny » are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours.
This is a bug fix release, focused on replication and partitioning, and the InnoDB plugin has been updated to the 1.0.9 stable version.
As usual, please read the Changelog carefully before upgrading.