Re: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files
On 04/27/2012 03:26 PM, Shawn Green wrote: I frequently need to have multiple versions ready to operate on my machine at any time. I solved the configuration file problems by only setting them up in the basedir of the installed version. For those special occasions when I need to configure multiple copies of the same version, I create a separate set of --datadir folders and craft separate configuration files for both. I start mysqld using the --defaults-file option and point that at the special file for each instance. As a matter of convenience, if you need to constantly run with multiple instances on the same host and if any one of those may need to be using a different version than the others, then the utility mysqld_multi may be what you need to be looking at. Each instance you manage by the script can have their own separate set of settings all stored in the same, common, configuration file. Check it out: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-multi.html Hi Shawn, thanks for pointing to that. So we have a possibility to define different options for different server instances using mysqld_multi. My proposal allows to have something similar for clients as well (without need to specify any command-line argument), or in cases when we want to define the same options to more servers, according to their version. It's probably nothing we cannot do now. But it could be a nice option, much more cleaner in some environments. Cheers, Honza -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
RE: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files
I think you need deal with only these: * Diff my.cnf (set as a parameter to mysqld) * Diff tree for all the data (and reflect this in my.cnf) * Diff port (3306 can't be shared between the instances) -Original Message- From: Andrés Tello [mailto:mr.crip...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 8:52 AM To: Honza Horak Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files Reads interesting, but... Why would you need that? I mean... If I run several databases in the same hardware, I use completely diferent paths for evertying, so I can have atomic, clean and specific files for each instance/version of the database I think is much more easy to migrato to another hardware that way, just copy the instance and you are set... On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Honza Horak hho...@redhat.com wrote: Hi, PostgreSQL allows to use version-specific configuration files, which allows to change some settings only for particular version of DB. I think a similar enhancement would be nice and usable for administrators of MySQL as well. Please, consider the attached patch as a simple proposal. Any comments are welcome. Cheers, Honza -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
Re: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files
On 04/25/2012 05:52 PM, Andrés Tello wrote:
Reads interesting, but...
Why would you need that?
I mean... If I run several databases in the same hardware, I use completely
diferent paths for evertying, so I can have atomic, clean and specific
files for each instance/version of the database
Thanks for your opinion.
You're right, it doesn't make too much sense regarding system-wide
configuration files, such as /etc/my.cnf. A real use case I see is when
we speak about users' config files, like ~/.my.cnf.
Let's say we have two different MySQL versions on one hardware, then
it's possible we'll need a bit different options for each instance.
MySQL unfortunately doesn't distinguish between user-specific (usually
called rc files) and system-wide config files. Trying to have the patch
simple, I applied the feature to all config files (which was not necessary).
The attached patch now is a bit more complicated, but restricts the
feature only for config files in user's home directory. I believe this
makes more sense, than the original one.
Any comments welcome again.
Cheers,
Honza
diff -up mysql-5.5.22/mysys/default.c.versionedcnf mysql-5.5.22/mysys/default.c
--- mysql-5.5.22/mysys/default.c.versionedcnf 2012-03-02 20:44:47.0 +0100
+++ mysql-5.5.22/mysys/default.c 2012-04-27 09:44:01.136938181 +0200
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include m_string.h
#include m_ctype.h
#include my_dir.h
+#include mysql_version.h
#ifdef __WIN__
#include winbase.h
#endif
@@ -660,18 +661,24 @@ static int search_default_file(Process_o
const char *config_file)
{
char **ext;
+ char **version_ext;
const char *empty_list[]= { , 0 };
+ const char *versioned_list[]= { , - MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION, 0 };
my_bool have_ext= fn_ext(config_file)[0] != 0;
const char **exts_to_use= have_ext ? empty_list : f_extensions;
+ const char **versioned_exts_to_use= (dir[0] == FN_HOMELIB) ? versioned_list : empty_list;
for (ext= (char**) exts_to_use; *ext; ext++)
- {
-int error;
-if ((error= search_default_file_with_ext(opt_handler, handler_ctx,
- dir, *ext,
- config_file, 0)) 0)
- return error;
- }
+for (version_ext= (char**) versioned_exts_to_use; *version_ext; version_ext++)
+{
+ int error;
+ char full_ext[FN_REFLEN + sizeof(MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION) + 2];
+ strxmov(full_ext,*ext,*version_ext,NullS);
+ if ((error= search_default_file_with_ext(opt_handler, handler_ctx,
+ dir, full_ext,
+ config_file, 0)) 0)
+return error;
+}
return 0;
}
--
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Re: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files
Hello Honza, On 4/27/2012 4:35 AM, Honza Horak wrote: On 04/25/2012 05:52 PM, Andrés Tello wrote: Reads interesting, but... Why would you need that? I mean... If I run several databases in the same hardware, I use completely diferent paths for evertying, so I can have atomic, clean and specific files for each instance/version of the database Thanks for your opinion. You're right, it doesn't make too much sense regarding system-wide configuration files, such as /etc/my.cnf. A real use case I see is when we speak about users' config files, like ~/.my.cnf. Let's say we have two different MySQL versions on one hardware, then it's possible we'll need a bit different options for each instance. MySQL unfortunately doesn't distinguish between user-specific (usually called rc files) and system-wide config files. Trying to have the patch simple, I applied the feature to all config files (which was not necessary). The attached patch now is a bit more complicated, but restricts the feature only for config files in user's home directory. I believe this makes more sense, than the original one. Any comments welcome again. Cheers, I frequently need to have multiple versions ready to operate on my machine at any time. I solved the configuration file problems by only setting them up in the basedir of the installed version. For those special occasions when I need to configure multiple copies of the same version, I create a separate set of --datadir folders and craft separate configuration files for both. I start mysqld using the --defaults-file option and point that at the special file for each instance. As a matter of convenience, if you need to constantly run with multiple instances on the same host and if any one of those may need to be using a different version than the others, then the utility mysqld_multi may be what you need to be looking at. Each instance you manage by the script can have their own separate set of settings all stored in the same, common, configuration file. Check it out: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqld-multi.html -- Shawn Green MySQL Principal Technical Support Engineer Oracle USA, Inc. - Hardware and Software, Engineered to Work Together. Office: Blountville, TN -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
Re: RFE: Allow to use version-specific my.cnf files
Reads interesting, but... Why would you need that? I mean... If I run several databases in the same hardware, I use completely diferent paths for evertying, so I can have atomic, clean and specific files for each instance/version of the database I think is much more easy to migrato to another hardware that way, just copy the instance and you are set... On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Honza Horak hho...@redhat.com wrote: Hi, PostgreSQL allows to use version-specific configuration files, which allows to change some settings only for particular version of DB. I think a similar enhancement would be nice and usable for administrators of MySQL as well. Please, consider the attached patch as a simple proposal. Any comments are welcome. Cheers, Honza -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/mysql
