Mysql on Dotdeb

MySQL 5.6.29 for Wheezy

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 05:26:31 +0000

MySQL 5.6.29 has been released by Oracle on February 5th 2016. Please read the full Changelog fore more details.

The corresponding packages are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

MySQL 5.6.25 for Wheezy

Sat, 04 Jul 2015 20:33:23 +0000

MySQL 5.6.25 has been released by Oracle on May 29th 2015. Please read the full Changelog fore more details.

The corresponding packages are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

MySQL 5.6.23 for Wheezy

Sun, 08 Feb 2015 21:53:44 +0000

MySQL 5.6.23 has been released by Oracle on February 2nd 2015. Please read the full Changelog fore more details.

The corresponding packages are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Percona toolkit 2.2.12

Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:07:10 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.12 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7 “Wheezy” and Debian 6 “Squeeze”. This release fixes 6 bugs and introduces a new feature in pt-stalk.

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.12 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

MySQL 5.6.21 for Wheezy

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:26:56 +0000

MySQL 5.6.21 has been released on September 23rd, 2014, fixing 24 security issues and various bugs affecting previous versions.

Please read the full Changelog fore more details.

The corresponding packages are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Note : Some people reported having difficulties upgrading from 5.6.19 to 5.6.21. If this is your case, prefer using apt-get dist-upgrade (or equivalent) instead of apt-get upgrade.

Percona toolkit 2.2.10

Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:42:18 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.10 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7 “Wheezy” and Debian 6 “Squeeze”. This release fixes 6 bugs.

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.10 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

MySQL 5.5.38 for Squeeze

Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:20:09 +0000

Packages of MySQL 5.5.38 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures to fix some vulnerabilities and various bugs as well (the latest packaged version was 5.5.31…).

Please note that the Pinba engine has also been rebuilt to be used against this new version.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.2.9

Tue, 15 Jul 2014 05:04:59 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.9 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7 “Wheezy” and Debian 6 “Squeeze”. This release fixes 5 bugs.

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.9 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

MySQL 5.6.19, for Debian Wheezy

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 06:07:51 +0000

MySQL 5.6.19 has been released on May 30th, 2014, fixing various bugs.

Please read the full Changelog fore more details.

The corresponding packages are now available for Debian 7 “Wheezy”, on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Percona toolkit 2.2.8

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 06:06:15 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.8 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7 “Wheezy” and Debian 6 “Squeeze”. This release fixes bugs and also brings new things :

pt-agent has been replaced by percona-agent. More information on percona-agent can be found in the Introducing the 3-Minute MySQL Monitor blog post.
pt-slave-restart now supports MySQL 5.6 global transaction IDs.
pt-table-checksum now has new –plugin option which is similar to pt-online-schema-change –plugin

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.8 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

About the "mysql_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch" warning

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:54:20 +0000

After having MySQL 5.6.17 published, some users complained about a warning thrown by their PHP applications :

PHP Warning: mysql_connect(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch. Headers:50535 Library:50617

In fact, this could happen with any application linked to libmysqlclient18 in a certain version ( php5-mysql from Dotdeb is linked to the 5.5.35 version from the stock Debian distribution) when connecting to a MySQL server in another version (5.6.17 in our case). The warning is thrown by libmysqlclient18 itself. And this is just a warning, there is no reason why any bad behavior would happen in that case.

MySQL 5.6.17 for Wheezy

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 05:16:04 +0000

After months of work in (slow) progress, I’m glad to announce that packages of MySQL 5.6.17 are now available for Debian 7.4 “Wheezy” on both amd64 and i386 architectures.

This is our first major release of the MySQL 5.6 branch, so be very careful when upgrading your boxes : backup your data first, keep a spare/ delayed MySQL slave… And be sure to know in details what’s new in MySQL 5.6 :

Percona toolkit 2.2.6

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 06:11:21 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.6 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. This release has 16 bug fixes and a few new features. One bug fix is very important, so 2.2 users are strongly encouraged to upgrade.

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.6 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

Percona toolkit 2.2.5

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:55:21 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.5 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It fixes 5 bugs as well as 4 new features.

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.5 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

Percona toolkit 2.2.4

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 01:03:59 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.4 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It fixes 4 bugs as well as 2 new features :

pt-query-digest has a new option, --output json-anon, that provides the same data as --output json without query examples
pt-online-schema-change now outputs the current timestamp for operations that may take a while

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.4 and the announcement by Hrvoje Matijakovic.

Percona toolkit 2.2.3

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:54:50 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.3 is now available on Dotdeb for both Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” and Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It fixes bugs in the previous release and includes the following changes :

pt-online-schema-change did not handle the failure of the DROP TRIGGER statements correctly
Created pt-agent
pt-query-digest –output json now includes more data

As usual, before upgrading, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.3 and the announcement by Matt Griffin.

MySQL 5.5.31 for Squeeze

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:09:08 +0000

Packages of MySQL 5.5.31 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fix some serious vulnerabilities and InnoDB-, partition- and replication-related bugs as well.

Please note that the Pinba engine has also been rebuilt to be used against this new version.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.2.1

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:56:32 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.2.1 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It supports MySQL 5.6 and Percona XtraDB Cluster, and brings some more changes :

pt-online-schema-change ( pt-osc) is much more resilient
pt-upgrade is brand-new
pt-query-digest is simpler
Version check is on by default
pt-query-advisor, pt-tcp-model, pt-trend, and pt-log-player are gone
pt-stalk and pt-mysql-summary have built-in MySQL options
pt-stalk --no-stalk is no longer magical
pt-fk-error-logger and pt-deadlock-logger are standardized

As usual, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.2.1 before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.9

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:30:32 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.9 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It includes many bug fixes and it is worth upgrading to, especially if you were affected by the backwards-incompatible changes to pt-heartbeat in 2.1.8. Take a look at this blog post by Daniel Nichter for more info.

As usual, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.1.9 before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.30

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:18:19 +0000

Packages of MySQL 5.5.30 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes some InnoDB-, partition- and replication-related issues and some more bugs. And a new configuration directive, called innodb_print_all_deadlocks, has been backported from MySQL 5.6.

Please note that the Pinba engine has also been rebuilt to be used against this new version.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.8

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:34:41 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.8 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It includes some bug fixes and also beta support for MySQL 5.6 and Percona XtraDB Cluster. Take a look at this blog post by Tom Diederich for more info.

As usual, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.1.8 before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.29

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:14:06 +0000

Packages of MySQL 5.5.29 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes some InnoDB- and replication-related issues and some more bugs.

Please note that the Pinba engine has also been rebuilt to be used with the new version.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.7

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 06:27:03 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.7 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It includes some bug fixes and also :

a plugin interface for pt-stalk
a correct column renaming support for pt-online-schema-change
and enchanced compatibility of pt-table-checksum with Percona XtraDB Cluster

As usual, please read the list of changes for Percona toolkit 2.1.6 and 2.1.7 before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.5

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 12:14:10 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.5 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It includes only 3 bug fixes :

As usual, please read the list of changes before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.4

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:14:13 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.4 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It includes 26 bug fixes and three new features:

Making pt-table-checksum work with Percona XtraDB Cluster,
adding a --run-time option to pt-table-checksum,
and implementing the “Version Check” feature, enabled through the --version-check switch

As usual, please read the list of changes before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.28

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 12:19:05 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.28 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes some InnoDB-, partition- and replication-related issues.

The Pinba engine has also been rebuilt to be used with the new version.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Pinba engine 1.0.0

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:49 +0000

I already talked about Pinba, this great Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tool that is made of :

a MySQL storage engine ( pinba-mysql-5.5),
a PHP extension ( php5-pinba),
and even a python module, pynba, (thanks to my IsCool Entertainment friends) and an experimental Nginx module.

But since MySQL 5.1 support has been discontinued on Dotdeb, it was impossible to install the Pinba MySQL storage engine, just because it depended on a non-existant MySQL 5.1 version.

Percona toolkit 2.1.3

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:55:56 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.3 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It brings a lot of bug fixes. As usual, please read the list of changes before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.27

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:30:40 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.27 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes some InnoDB- and replication-related issues.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Critical update : MySQL 5.5.25a

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:32:57 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.25a are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes a very annoying bug on InnoDB : bug #65745, “UPDATE on InnoDB table enters recursion, eats all disk space”.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

MySQL 5.1 discontinued on Dotdeb

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:20:08 +0000

During the last weeks, MySQL suffered from many vulnerabilities (see DSA-2429-1 and DSA-2496-1). Due to the non-disclosure of security patch information from Oracle, the Debian security team is now forced to ship upstreams version update of MySQL 5.1 (5.1.63 as of this writing).

Then it makes no sense for Dotdeb to duplicate this effort and to maintain the same versions of MySQL 5.1 for Squeeze with the same features and level of optimization. As a consequence the MySQL 5.1 packages has been removed from the Dotdeb repository (you’ll find archived versions here).

Percona toolkit 2.1.2

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:00:01 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.2 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. It brings a lot of bug fixes :

pt-table-sync is now working properly, the --lock-and-rename feature has been disabled when using it with MySQL versions that don’t support it reliably.
pt-table-checksum and pt-online-schema-change have been enhanced to add even more safety checks, and to detect and deal with some MySQL optimizer misbehaviors, as well as to handle more edge-case behaviors related to things like replication lag.
A variety of bugfixes in pretty much every tool because of an expanded test coverage : more MySQL versions, more operating system platforms, more types of MySQL server settings, and more versions of Perl.

Baron Schwartz also wrote a blog post about it.

MySQL 5.5.25

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:50:52 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.25 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fixes some InnoDB- and replication-related issues.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.24

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:09:50 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.24 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. It fixes an undisclosed security issue (thanks Oracle) and some other bugs as well.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Note : the packages have been updated to include a missing init script. Sorry for the mess.

Security update : MySQL 5.1.62

Sat, 05 May 2012 11:03:05 +0000

MySQL 5.1.62 packages are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on amd64 and i386 architectures.

This is a important security update that fixes unspecified vulnerabilities identified by Oracle in all versions of MySQL 5.1 earlier than 5.1.62. If you did not upgrade to MySQL 5.5, please consider upgrading your MySQL server (at least) to 5.1.62.

FYI, CVE list is as follows :

The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt.

MySQL 5.5.23

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:48:33 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.23 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures with no major change except bug fixes.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelog before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.1.1

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:41:23 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.1.1 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. You’ll find its Changelog here.

2.1 introduces a lot of new code for:

pt-online-schema-change (completely redesigned)

pt-mysql-summary (completely redesigned)

pt-summary (completely redesigned)

pt-fingerprint (new tool)

pt-table-usage (new tool)

Baron Schwartz also wrote a blog post that presents pt-online-schema-change, a new and useful online schema change tool.

MySQL 5.5.22

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:35:32 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.22 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures with no major change except bug fixes.

As usual, please read carefully the full Changelogs of MySQL 5.5.21 and MySQL 5.5.22 before upgrading.

Percona toolkit 2.0.4

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:41:20 +0000

Percona toolkit 2.0.4 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. You’ll find its Changelog here and an announce by Baron Schwartz here.

Security update : MySQL 5.1.61

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:16:19 +0000

MySQL 5.1.61 packages are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on amd64 and i386 architectures.

This is a very important security update that fixes unspecified vulnerabilities identified by Oracle in all versions of MySQL 5.1 earlier than 5.1.61. If you did not upgrade to MySQL 5.5, please consider upgrading your MySQL server (at least) to 5.1.61.

FYI, CVE list is as follows :

The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt.

MySQL 5.5.20

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:19:22 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.20 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures, with the following changes :

the mysql-common package should now work with MySQL 5.1 packages without any problem (unknown configuration variables in /etc/mysql/my.cnf have been commented out)
mysql-server-5.5 now supports Linux native asynchronous IO

As usual, please read the full Changelog carefully before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.19

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:43:37 +0000

The packages of MySQL 5.5.19 are now available for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” on both amd64 and i386 architectures. They fix some annoying issues that Dotdeb users kindly reported :

the mysql-common package, in its 5.5.19+ version, “breaks” mysql-server-5.1 and mysql-client-5.1 (as APT means it - it won’t actually break your server into pieces). Freezing it will prevent any issue (the introduction of unknown configuration variables in their /etc/mysql/my.cnf, for example)
the MySQL client now uses the system’s readline library instead of the bundled editline wrapper
missing header files and libraries are now included in the appropriate packages

As usual, please read the full Changelog carefully before upgrading.

MySQL 5.5.18 is out

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:02:55 +0000

MySQL 5.5.18 has been released by Oracle yesterday. The packages for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” are now available on Dotdeb for both amd64 and i386 architectures.

As usual, please read the full Changelog carefully before upgrading.

Please also note that Oracle now provides .deb packages on their download page. That’s a great thing, but they’ll have to be improved :

no repository is available to ease the future updates
they’re monolythic and do not separate libraries from headers or binaries, configuration from server or client.
they do not take care of the official Debian naming convention

MySQL 5.5 is finally here!

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:15:53 +0000

Some months after MySQL 5.5 being released as GA, I’m proud to announce that MySQL 5.5.17 is now available on Dotdeb, for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, for both amd64 and i386 architectures.

Focusing on compatibility with previous and future official Debian packages of MySQL, Dotdeb’s ones are based on the great work provided by the official Debian maintainers. Many thanks to them! I really hope that MySQL 5.5 will be part of Debian Sid soon.

Maatkit is now known as Percona Toolkit

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:42:45 +0000

Useful tool for any MySQL DBA, Maatkit is a collection a utilities that ease painful MySQL manipulations (archive tables, keep a slave in sync, analyse slow queries…).

Or should I say “Maatkit was…”. In fact, it’s now known as “Percona Toolkit” and it’s available on Dotdeb for both Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and 5.0 “Lenny”.

Enjoy.

MySQL 5.1.58 is available

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:38:41 +0000

MySQL 5.1.58 packages are now available on Dotdeb :

for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny”
for the amd64 and i386 architectures

The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt (Squeeze only).

And, as usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.

MySQL 5.1.57 is out

Tue, 17 May 2011 11:36:32 +0000

MySQL 5.1.57 packages are now available on Dotdeb :

for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny”
for the amd64 and i386 architectures

The corresponding Pinba storage engine has also been rebuilt (Squeeze only).

And, as usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.

MySQL 5.1.56 available

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:40:01 +0000

MySQL 5.1.56 packages are now available on Dotdeb :

for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny”
for the amd64 and i386 architectures

Of course, the corresponding Pinba storage engine has been rebuilt (Squeeze only). But take care to the plugin-load directive in your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file : MySQL does not support several plugin-load directives and always keep the last read. Then if you want, for example, use the Pinba storage engine while having the the InnoDB plugin loaded, you should uncomment the following line.

MySQL 5.1.55 is available

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:39:59 +0000

MySQL 5.1.55 packages are now available on Dotdeb :

for Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” and Debian 5.0 “Lenny”
for the amd64 and i386 architectures

As usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.

Note 1 : the Pinba storage engine for MySQL has been rebuilt against MySQL 5.1.55 (Squeeze only) Note 2 : Maatkit has been updated to 7284 Note 3 : if you had issues with loading the InnoDB plugin on Squeeze, your feedback is welcome (post a comment below).

MySQL 5.1.54 is available

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:03:43 +0000

MySQL 5.1.54 packages are now available on Dotdeb in amd64/i386 flavours for Lenny and Squeeze.

As usual, please read the Changelog of this maintainance release before upgrading.

Now, about MySQL 5.5 (I was asked on Twitter or in the comments here), it will be available on Dotdeb as soon as it is in Debian Sid or experimental. Please be patient. If you don’t need some 5.5 specific features, such as semi-sync replication, and if you just need to boost your InnoDB performances, you really should take a look at your /etc/mysql/my.cnf file and enable the InnoDB plugin.

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

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:50:38 +0000

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

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:14:32 +0000

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.

MySQL 5.1.50 is here

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:47:37 +0000

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 upgraded to 5.1.49

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:59:40 +0000

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

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:45:20 +0000

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

Tue, 25 May 2010 16:38:01 +0000

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

Fri, 14 May 2010 15:27:13 +0000

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 the mysqld binary and some system files,
mysql-server-5.1 that depends on mysql-server-core-5.1 and that contains the init scripts and utilities to run the MySQL server in a Debian environment.

The migration to this new packaging schema is transparent and will not break any dependencies.

MySQL 5.1.45 is available

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:27:36 +0000

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"

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:16:09 +0000

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 available for Debian "Lenny" (and "Etch"...)

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:56:55 +0000

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).

MySQL 5.1.41 has been updated to fix a security issue

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:25:13 +0000

I just uploaded new MySQL 5.1.41 packages that fix a remote buffer overflow in MySQL servers that use the embedded YaSSL library :

Lenz Grimmer gives more information about this issue
CVE-2009-4484 has been filled

Since Debian and Dotdeb are impacted, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade your servers.

MySQL 5.1.41 is available for Debian "Lenny" and "Etch"

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:34:34 +0000

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 available for Debian "Lenny" and "Etch" with InnoDB-plugin support

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:30:49 +0000

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 :

MySQL 5.1.39 released for Debian "Etch" and "Lenny"

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:38:41 +0000

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.

MySQL 5.1.37 is available for Debian “Etch” and “Lenny”

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:08:18 +0000

MySQL 5.1.37 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 4.0 “Etch” / Debian 5.0 “Lenny” in amd64/i386 flavours.

It fixes two security issues and brings a lot of bugfixes (read the list of changes), especially about replication and partitioning.

Please upgrade your servers.

MySQL 5.0.84 for Debian 4.0 "Etch", remote DoS under review

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:16:54 +0000

Some days after MySQL 5.0.83 has been released, MySQL 5.0.84 is now available on Dotdeb for Etch amd64/i386.

Please note that an advisory about a remote DoS for MySQL <5.0.84 is under review : CVE-2009-2446. Therefore, upgrading to this new version is strongly recommanded.

As usual, please read the list of changes before upgrading.

MySQL 5.1.36 is available for Debian "Etch" and "Lenny"

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:30:23 +0000

MySQL 5.1.36 is now available on Dotdeb for Debian 4.0 “Etch” / Debian 5.0 “Lenny” in amd64/i386 flavours.

It fixes a lot of annoying bugs (read the list of changes to be convicted), especially one about granting the right privileges during the Debian post-installation process. The mysql-server-5.1 package should now install without needing any ugly trick.

Please upgrade your servers.

MySQL 5.0.83 for Debian 4.0 "Etch"

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:21:55 +0000

MySQL 5.0.83 is now available on Dotdeb for Etch amd64/i386.

Please read the list of changes of this maintenance release before upgrading.

MySQL 5.0.81 is now available (for Etch only)

Wed, 06 May 2009 14:54:32 +0000

On May 1st, MySQL 5.0.81 has been published with a lot of bugfixes.

If you’re still using Etch, the corresponding packages are now available for i386 and amd64.

What to expect from MySQL 5.4?

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:45:45 +0000

MySQL 5.4 has been announced at the opening session of MySQL Conference 2009 and a preview is available for download. This release may look as a compromise between the current 5.1 and the major 6.0 branches, but it includes many (IMHO needed) improvements :

Sub-query optimizations
A new query algorythms
Replication killer features : replication heartbeat and semi-synchronous replication!
Google SMP patch (even for Solaris x86 and Sparc) and IO patches
Update of many antiquated defaults in the MySQL Server (like replication-related –master-host and so on…)
InnoDB improvements (such as scalability up to 16way x86 and up to 64way CMT servers)
A couple of performance fixes backported from 6.0
Dtrace integration on supported OSes

The results? 59% faster than 5.1, 40% improvement in read/write test, 71% throughput increase!

Built from the Valley, MySQL 5.1.34 is available

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:38:43 +0000

Blogging and building live from MySQL Conf 09… If you want more details about what happens here (technical sessions, MySQL 5.4, InnoDB improvements, MySQL Cluster, Sun/Oracle fusion…) or want to enjoy a drink in the Valley, please let me know…

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Back to the Dotdeb business : MySQL 5.1.34 has been published with its lot of bugfixes. It is now built and available on Dotdeb for your Lenny/Etch amd64/i386 Debian servers. No change in the packaging, just apt-get upgrade…

MySQL 5.1 updated

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:16:34 +0000

Quick post : MySQL AB has just released MySQL 5.1.33… This maintenance release fixes several bugs… The packages are now available for Lenny and Etch, amd64 and i386…They re-introduces the readline support in the MySQL client… Enjoy.

MySQL 5.1.32 is now available

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:44:05 +0000

MySQL AB has just released MySQL 5.1.32. This maintenance release fixes several bugs and one security issue. Upgrading is recommended, especially for those using replication.

Last but not least, it is now packaged for Lenny and Etch, amd64 and i386! Feel free to upgrade your servers…

Dotdeb : Debian 5.0 "Lenny" support in progress...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:46:03 +0000

Dotdeb is now providing Debian packages of PHP5, MySQL 5.1 for your Debian Lenny (and still Debian Etch) LAMP servers

MySQL 5.0.77 available

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:49:58 +0000

MySQL 5.0.77 packages are now available on Dotdeb for Debian Etch amd64/i386.

MySQL 5.1.31 available

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:39:18 +0000

MySQL 5.1.31 is now available on Dotdeb for Etch amd64/i386. It fixes several problems and brings many enhancement to the previous release.

Please read the official Changelog before upgrading.

MySQL 5.0.75 available

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:44:58 +0000

MySQL AB has just made MySQL 5.0.75 available. Even it is just a maintenance release - since the 5.1 branch is now golden - it is now packaged and uploaded to Dotdeb for Etch amd64/i386.

Anyway, if you did not make the jump and still use MySQL 5.0, please upgrade your server, to fix some annoying bugs, fill up some security holes and enhance the overall security of your favorite SGDB. And don’t forget to take a look at the release notes of MySQL 5.0.75.

MySQL 5.1.30 GA available on Dotdeb

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:29:15 +0000

MySQL, the most popular open source database, releases on November 27, 2008, its version 5.1 GA (General Availability). It is now available on Dotdeb for Etch (amd64/i386)!

Version 5.1 introduces several enhancements to the already rich set of features. Most notable are partitioning, row based replication, the event scheduler, a new plugin infrastructure, and logs on demand.

There are more new features, but the general improvement is better performance and manageability. Many users have already adopted MySQL 5.1 in production. Their feedback has been reported in the MySQL technical articles. Check them out. MySQL 5.1 is ready for prime time!

Using the Google Perftools to speed up your MySQL server

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:13:44 +0000

The Google Perftools, especially tcmalloc (Thread Caching Malloc), can be very useful to speed up your applications, depending on your environment :

TCMalloc is faster than the glibc 2.3 malloc (available as a separate library called ptmalloc2) and other mallocs that I have tested. ptmalloc2 takes approximately 300 nanoseconds to execute a malloc/free pair on a 2.8 GHz P4 (for small objects). The TCMalloc implementation takes approximately 50 nanoseconds for the same operation pair.

MySQL 5.0.67 available

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:11:04 +0000

Norbert Tretkowski recently worked on packaging MySQL 5.0.67, the latest Community Edition release of MySQL Server. But, since the next Debian version - Lenny - is already frozen, the packages were not uploaded to the official archive.

Instead of that, I rebuilt them and made them available on Dotdeb for Etch amd64/i386.

Please take a look at the official Changelog before upgrading and thank Norbert for his good work.