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thank-you >From: Michael Widenius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Pre-release of MySQL 3.23.50 >Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:26:04 +0300 > > >Hi! > >3.23.50 is basicly just a bug fix release compare do 3.23.49a > >There is however two things one should be aware of regarding 3.23.50 >(both only affecting our Linux x86 binaries (normal and RPM's): > >- We have switched to a new updated glib library, because we found a > critical memory corruption bug (introduced by us) in the old glibc > library that we used to compile 3.23.49. > (older MySQL binaries are not affected by this problem) >- We have changed compiler to gcc 3.0.4 (because the old gcc compiler > we used couldn't compile with an alternative glibc library). > > >As 3.23 is a stable release version, we don't want to release 3.23.50 >to the general public right away, as we want to be sure that the new >gcc version works in practice as good as it has worked on our >internal machines. > >You can now find 3.23.50 at the following link: > >http://www.mysql.com/downloads/mysql-3.23-pre.html > >If we don't get any fatal bug reports by the end of the week for this >version, we will then move it to our standard download page. > >If you find anything wrong/strange with this release compared to >older 3.23 releases, please send a full bug report to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will fix it ASAP! > >Changes in release 3.23.50 >-------------------------- > > * Fixed problem with `crash-me' and gcc 3.0.4. > > * Fixed that `@@unknown_variable' doesn't hang server. > > * Added `@@VERSION' as a synonym for `VERSION()'. > > * `SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'xxx'' is now case insensitive. > > * Fixed timeout for `GET_LOCK()' on HPUX with DCE threads. > > * Fixed memory allocation bug in the glibc library used to build > Linux binaries, which caused mysqld to die in 'free()'. > > * Fixed `SIGINT' and `SIGQUIT' problems in `mysql'. > > * Fixed bug in character table converts when used with big ( > 64K) > strings. > > * `InnoDB' now retains foreign key constraints through `ALTER TABLE' > and `CREATE/DROP INDEX'. > > * `InnoDB' now allows foreign key constraints to be added through the > `ALTER TABLE' syntax. > > * `InnoDB' tables can now be set to automatically grow in size > (autoextend). > * Fixed some buffer overflow problems when reading startup > parameters. > > * Because of problems on shutdown we have now disabled named pipes on > windows by default. One can enable named pipes by starting mysqld > with `--enable-named-pipe'. > > * Fixed bug when using `WHERE key_column = 'J' or key_column='j''. > > * Fixed core-dump bug when using `--log-bin' with `LOAD DATA INFILE' > without an active database. > > * Fixed bug in `RENAME TABLE' when used with > `lower_case_table_names=1' (default on Windows). > > * Fixed unlikely core-dump bug when using `DROP TABLE' on a table > that was in use by a thread that also used queries on only > temporary tables. > > * Fixed problem with `SHOW CREATE TABLE' and `PRIMARY KEY' when using > 32 indexes. > > * Fixed that one can use `SET PASSWORD' for the anonymous user. > > * Fixed core-dump bug when reading client groups from option files > using `mysql_options()'. > > * Memory leak (16 bytes per every *corrupted* table) closed. > > * Fixed binary builds to use `--enable-local-infile'. > > * Update source to work with new `bison' version. > > * Updated shell scripts to new agree with new POSIX standard. > > * Fixed bug where `DATE_FORMAT()' returned empty string when used > with `GROUP BY'. > > >Regards, >Monty >CTO of MySQL AB > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To request this thread, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe, e-mail the address shown in the >List-Unsubscribe header of this message. >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
