A user could not override system-wide settings in their ~/.my.cnf,
because the DEFAULT_SYSCONFDIR was being searched last. Also, in
some configurations (especially when the --sysconfdir compile-time
option is set to /etc or /etc/mysql), the system-wide my.cnf file
was read multiple times, causing confusion and potential problems.
Rearrange default directories to conform to the manual and logic.
Move --sysconfdir=<path> (DEFAULT_SYSCONFDIR) from the last default
directory to the middle of the list. $HOME/.my.cnf should be last,
so the user is able to override the system-wide settings.
Change init_default_directories() to remove duplicates from the
list.
No functionality added or changed.
This is a pre-requisite for the fix for Bug#12713 Error in a stored
function called from a SELECT doesn't cause ROLLBACK of statem
Address post-review comments.
The problem is that when copying the supplied username and
database, no bounds checking is performed on the fixed-length
buffer. A sufficiently large (> 512) user string can easily
cause stack corruption. Since this API can be used from PHP
and other programs, this is a serious problem.
The solution is to increase the buffer size to the accepted
size in similar functions and perform bounds checking when
copying the username and database.
insert_id after succ. mysql_change_user() call.
See also WL 4066.
This bug reveals two problems:
- the problem on the client side which was described originally;
- the problem in protocol / the server side: connection context
on client and server should be like after mysql_real_connect()
and be consistent. The server however just resets character
set variables to the global defaults.
The fix seems to be as follows:
- extend the protocol so that the client be able to send
character set information in COM_CHANGE_USER command;
- change the server so that it understands client character set
in the command;
- change the client:
- reset character set to the default value (which has been
read from the configuration);
- send character set in COM_CHANGE_USER command.
Always include all sub directories in "make dist"
Removed incorrect comment
configure.in:
Unconditionally list make files in AC_CONFIG_FILES
Removed 'thread_dirs', it is not used
Minor cleanup
compile-dist:
Simplified the configure line needed for "make dist" to get it all
zlib.m4, ssl.m4:
Unconditionally list make files in AC_CONFIG_FILES
Makefile.am:
Removed DIST_SUBDIRS not needed
Don't copy soft links as files into source package
type of the result.
There are several functions that accept parameters of different types.
The result field type of such functions was determined based on
the aggregated result type of its arguments. As the DATE and the DATETIME
types are represented by the STRING type, the result field type
of the affected functions was always STRING for DATE/DATETIME arguments.
The affected functions are COALESCE, IF, IFNULL, CASE, LEAST/GREATEST, CASE.
Now the affected functions aggregate the field types of their arguments rather
than their result types and return the result of aggregation as their result
field type.
The cached_field_type member variable is added to the number of classes to
hold the aggregated result field type.
The str_to_date() function's result field type now defaults to the
MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME.
The agg_field_type() function is added. It aggregates field types with help
of the Field::field_type_merge() function.
The create_table_from_items() function now uses the
item->tmp_table_field_from_field_type() function to get the proper field
when the item is a function with a STRING result type.
make sure that if builder configured with a non-standard (!= 3306)
default TCP port that value actually gets used throughout. if they
didn't configure a value, assume "use a sensible default", which
will be read from /etc/services or, failing that, from the factory
default. That makes the order of preference
- command-line option
- my.cnf, where applicable
- $MYSQL_TCP_PORT environment variable
- /etc/services (unless configured --with-tcp-port)
- default port (--with-tcp-port=... or factory default)
