Archive for the ‘MySQL’ Category

Packages of MySQL 5.1.53 are available for Lenny… and Squeeze!

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

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.

Upgrade to MySQL 5.1.51! It fixes a DoS vulnerability

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

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 ...

MySQL DBA, Maatkit is good for you!

Wednesday, September 29th, 2010

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 : mk-query-digest that outputs a digest of the queries from a slow-query logfile or ...

MySQL 5.1.50 is here

Monday, September 20th, 2010

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 ...

MySQL upgraded to 5.1.49

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

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.

MySQL 5.1.48 packages for Debian are here

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

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.

MySQL 5.1.47, a security-focused release, is available

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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 ...

MySQL 5.1.46 is now available

Friday, May 14th, 2010

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 : mysql-server-core-5.1 that contains only ...

MySQL 5.1.45 is available

Monday, April 19th, 2010

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 available for Debian 5.0 “Lenny”

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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.