Update of MySQL to 5.6

[Laurent Blume]

5.6.20 is now pushed to unstable.

It worked well enough in my tests, however, I've had some issues with 
wrong behaviour of the upstream install scripts. Please send feedback if 
anything happens.

Laurent

Le 2014/09/16 16:54 +0200, Laurent Blume a écrit:
> Hello all,
>
> A heads up: I'll be pushing MySQL 5.6.20 shortly. It looks good and will
> probably be smooth enough.
>
> The libraries bit should be totally transparent and updated as usual.
> The sonames are the same, and meant to be binary-compatible.
>
> The server itself is different: the new one will be CSWmysql56, and
> marked as incompatible with the current CSWmysql5.
>
> An update should basically be:
>
> # pkgrm CSWmysql5
> # pkgutil -i mysql56
> # svcadm enable cswmysql56
>
> That should work, as the my.cnf will be kept and compatible. Of course,
> *test it* thoroughly first in your own environment.
>
> The usual database updates will surely apply, check the MySQL doc for that.
>
> Also: You can keep the 5.5 server and update only the libraries. They're
> not related.
>
> Laurent
>