[HEADS-UP] MySQL 5.5 coming soon to rawhide

[Jon Ciesla]

Tom Lane wrote:
> Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> writes:
>   
>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>     
>>> I got tired of the amount of visible churn in exported-symbols-you're-
>>> not-supposed-to-use.  The new release will use a linker --version-script
>>> to hide everything except the documented API functions.  This might
>>> break any apps that are relying on non-API functions.  If so, I'm
>>> willing to consider on a case-by-case basis whether to add those symbols
>>> back to the ABI or fix the callers.
>>>       
>
>   
>> Is the following a MySQL issue or a Bacula issue?
>>     
>
>   
>> /builddir/build/BUILD/bacula-5.0.3/bacula-mysql/src/cats/mysql.c:295: undefined reference to `my_thread_end'
>>     
>
> Well, it's certainly a byproduct of that change.  So far as I can find,
> mysql_thread_end is a documented part of the API and my_thread_end is
> not.  Is there a good reason for Bacula to be calling the latter?
>
> A quick look into the mysql sources finds
>
> void STDCALL mysql_thread_end()
> {
> #ifdef THREAD
>   my_thread_end();
> #endif
> }
>
> which makes it look like the correct answer is "no" ...
>
> 			regards, tom lane
>   
So should simply patching to call mysql_thread_end instead should do the 
trick?

-J

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