All the MySQL-related news
MySQL 5.1.47 is now available on Dotdeb for your Lenny servers, in amd64 and i386 flavours.
This is a security-oriented release that fixes some serious flaws… Please read full changelog for more information.
Please also note that the InnoDB plugin has been upgraded to version 1.0.8 and is now considered of General Availability quality. Feel free to use it for a performance boost.
MySQL 5.1.46 is now available on Dotdeb for your Lenny servers, in amd64 and i386 flavours. It fixes a lot of annoying bugs and upgrades the InnoDB plugin to version 1.0.7 for more performances.
Be careful : the MySQL server is now split in two separate packages :
The migration to this new packaging schema is transparent and will not break any dependencies.
As usual, please read the changes in MySQL 5.1.46 and what’s new in the InnoDB plugin 1.0.7 before upgrading.
Sorry, but I forgot to write a note about it. Here’s a quick one…
MySQL 5.1.45 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” in amd64/i386 flavours.
This is a bug fix release, but please read the Changelog carefully before upgrading.
MySQL 5.1.44 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” in amd64/i386 flavours.
This is primarily a bug fix release, but please read the Changelog carefully before upgrading.
MySQL 5.1.43 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” / Debian 4.0 “Etch” in amd64/i386 flavours.
Please note that it’s the last update for Etch, because the security supports ends for this branch (time to upgrade!).
This maintenance release comes with many improvements and bugfixes, especially the InnoDB plugin 1.0.6 (please read the Changelog for more details).
I just uploaded new MySQL 5.1.41 packages that fix a remote buffer overflow in MySQL servers that use the embedded YaSSL library :
Since Debian and Dotdeb are impacted, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade your servers.
MySQL 5.1.41 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” / Debian 4.0 “Etch” in amd64/i386 flavours.
This maintenance release fixes a lot of bugs (please read the Changelog for more details). Please note the the InnoDB plugin has been updated to 1.0.5.
MySQL 5.1.40 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 5.0 “Lenny” / Debian 4.0 “Etch” in amd64/i386 flavours.
As usual, this maintenance release fixes a lot of bugs (please read the Changelog for more details).
Please note that the packaging is a little bit different from the official Debian packaging, to include the InnoDB plugin in the mysql-server-5.1 package instead of in the libmysqlclient-dev one. This plugin replaces the built-in InnoDB support and has many advantages :
You can easily enable it by uncommenting to lines in the /etc/mysql/my.cnf configuration file and then restart your MySQL server :
Please read carefully the InnoDB plugin documentation and backup your data before activating this beta quality feature!
Looking for a new way to speed up your MySQL server? The tcmalloc library from Google Perftools could be the answer (about 15-20% performance improvement). Refer to this (updated) How-to for more information.
I just packaged Google Perftools 1.4 for Debian 5.0 (a.k.a. “Lenny”). According to the Changelog, they’re bringing a lot of bugfixes and improvements, and then they enhance the stability of the daemons they’re plugged in, especially on 64bits systems.
Upgrading from previous version is highly recommended.
MySQL 5.1.39 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 4.0 “Etch” / Debian 5.0 “Lenny” in amd64/i386 flavours.
This maintenance release fixes a lot of bugs. Please note that the Lenny version introduces some hardening features.
As usual, please read the list of changes in 5.1.39 before upgrading.