On Thursday 06 September 2007 20:41, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 6 Sep 2007 at 14:37, Dan Langille wrote:
> > On 6 Sep 2007 at 20:16, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > > On Thursday 06 September 2007 19:38, Dan Langille wrote:
> > > > The latest versions of Bacula (>= 2.2.0, I think) require a newer
> > > > version of MySQL. We are now using nested selects, which older
> > > > versions of MySQL do not have. I think the minimum requirement is
> > > > MySQL 4.1
> > > >
> > > > This is the second instances of this problem that I have noticed.
> > > >
> > > > Things we should do:
> > > >
> > > > 1 - Put out an announcement notifying people of this requirement.
> > > > 2 - Update ReleaseNotes
> > > >
> > > > Things we could also do:
> > > >
> > > > 3 - Put checks in bacula-dir to check for database version >= that
> > > > required.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I can do #2 right away.
> > >
> > > I assume you mean check for MySQL version. The term database version
> > > usually refers to Bacula's internal table format.
> > >
> > > > Kern: can you do #1?
> > >
> > > Yes
> > >
> > > > #3 would be a nice to have, and would help reduce the number of
> > > > support calls. I don't think it's a big priority.
> > >
> > > Can you tell me where the nested selects are, and are you sure that
> > > MySQL 4.1 is the first version that supports them?
> > >
> > > I have no problem with requiring 4.1 as the any 3.x is *very* old.
> >
> > I am updating docs/manual/mysql.tex and I see some things which we
> > might be able to remove. In particular, I wonder if we can safely
> > remove this:
>
> Oh, and should this change be made to trunk and Branch-2.2?
Yes, it would be preferable to make any generic documentation change to both
the trunk and the Branch.
Sorry, I missed this question in my response to the text below ...
Regards,
Kern
>
> > ###
> > Bacula has been tested on MySQL version 4.1.12 and works providing
> > you are running it in the default installation that is compatible
> > with MySQL 3.23.x. If you are using one of the new modes such
> > as ANSI/ISO compatibility, you may experience problems.
> > ###
> >
> > Is the ANSI/ISO issue still applicable?
> >
> >
> > Which will leave just this:
> >
> > If you use the ./configure \verb:--:with-mysql=mysql-directory
> > statement for
> > configuring {\bf Bacula}, you will need MySQL version 4.1 or later
> > installed in the {\bf mysql-directory
> >
> > Comments? Ideas? Suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/
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> >
> >
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