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On 8/14/2014 4:03 PM, Maxim Koltsov wrote:
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> 2014-08-14 23:58 GMT+04:00 Brian Evans <grkni...@gentoo.org 
> <mailto:grkni...@gentoo.org>>:
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> Title: MySQL 5.5 upgrade procedures Author: Brian Evans
> <grkni...@gentoo.org <mailto:grkni...@gentoo.org>> Content-Type:
> text/plain Posted: 2014-08-14 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 1.0 
> Display-If-Installed: <dev-db/mysql-5.5
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> MySQL 5.5 is now stable across all arches. The upgrade process will
> be require you to rebuild everything linked to libmysqlclient.so.16
> and libmysqlclient_r.so.16.
> 
> This may be done for you by portage with 'emerge
> @preserved-rebuild'.
> 
> A small number of libraries may not be automatically rebuilt
> against the new MySQL libraries using preserved-rebuild.  If you
> have difficulties with packages not finding the new libraries,
> install app-portage/gentoolkit and run: # revdep-rebuild --library
> libmysqlclient.so.16 # revdep-rebuild --library
> libmysqlclient_r.so.16
> 
> 
>> Random question: why isn't it covered by subslots?

1) The old virtual was EAPI2
2) This is long overdue by a year at least
3) Only 2 packages in the tree currently have virtual/mysql:=

This will be corrected in the future as 5.6 now has subslots.

> 
> 
> The official upgrade documentation is available here: 
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/upgrading.html
> 
> Please be sure to review the upgrade document for any possible
> actions necessary before and after the upgrade. This includes
> running mysql_upgrade after the upgrade completion.
> 
> Due to security flaws, MySQL 5.1 will be hard masked in 30 days
> after this news item is posted.  It will remain in masked the tree
> for 3 months before removal.
> 
> 
>> I guess you meant 'remain masked in the tree' or 'remain in the
>> tree masked'.

Yes, sorry.  I'm not the best writer in the world.  At least in code I
can fake it.

Brian

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