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authorunknown <lenz@mysql.com>2002-07-15 18:26:11 +0200
committerunknown <lenz@mysql.com>2002-07-15 18:26:11 +0200
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- Updated OS/2 port with files provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it>
from TeamOS/2 Italy - removed some obsolete files on Yuri's request - Added missing os2 related files outside the os2 subdirectory to the distribution BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-All.icc~132f824bdf16897c: Delete: os2/MySQL-All.icc BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-Client.irs~6dc13dcf3bbd5c0e: Delete: os2/MySQL-Client.irs BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-Lib.icc~6775a33b1eeed98: Delete: os2/MySQL-Lib.icc BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-ReadLine.icc~d7ab937c4ed8922f: Delete: os2/MySQL-ReadLine.icc BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-binlog.icc~ec86ef1b392553e: Delete: os2/MySQL-binlog.icc BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-binlog.irs~80d1800461e185d1: Delete: os2/MySQL-binlog.irs BitKeeper/deleted/.del-MySQL-sql.irs~563a18a769b1785d: Delete: os2/MySQL-sql.irs BitKeeper/deleted/.del-build-all.log~8dda947d95dfb926: Delete: os2/build-all.log BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mysql.base~330f9ea62769c03a: Delete: os2/mysql.base BitKeeper/deleted/.del-mysql.ih~767482ec101feda3: Delete: os2/mysql.ih BitKeeper/deleted/.del-readme.os2~e8fe94e278248f7e: Delete: os2/readme.os2 configure.in: Added new os2 subdirectories include/Makefile.am: Added include/config-os2.h to distribution include/config-os2.h: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy mysys/Makefile.am: Added missing OS/2 files in mysys to distribution mysys/my_os2file64.c: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy mysys/my_os2thread.c: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/BldLevel.cmd: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/BldLevel.rc: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/ChangeLog.os2: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/Makefile.am: Fixed OS/2 file list (some new files, some have been removed) os2/MySQL-Client.icc: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/MySQL-Opt.icc: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/MySQL-Source.icc: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/MySQL-Util.icc: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/MySQL-Util.irs: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/ReadMe.txt: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/build-all.cmd: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy os2/rint.obj: Applied modifications provided by Yuri Dario <mc6530@mclink.it> from TeamOS/2 Italy
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diff --git a/os2/ReadMe.txt b/os2/ReadMe.txt
index 1a8158df4bf..073c65290c0 100644
--- a/os2/ReadMe.txt
+++ b/os2/ReadMe.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Welcome to the latest port of MySQL for OS/2 and eComStation.
Modules included in this build:
- protocol data compression
- - transaction support
- perl BDB/BDI support (not in this package)
- Library and header files for C/CPP developers included
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ some files may be in the public domain.
The latest information about MySQL can be found at: http://www.mysql.com
To get the latest information about this port please subscribe to our
-newsgroup/mailinglist mysql2 at www.egroups.com.
+newsgroup/mailinglist mysql2 at groups.yahoo.com.
To see what MySQL can do, take a look at the features section in the
manual. For future plans see the TODO appendix in the manual.
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ Prerequisite:
OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business,
eComStation 1.0 (prev 1/2 OK)
- TCPIP 4.x installed (requires 32-bit tcpip stack)
-- WarpIN installer 0.9.14 (ftp://ftp.os2.org/xworkplace/warpin-0-9-14.exe)
+- WarpIN installer 0.9.16 (ftp://ftp.os2.org/xworkplace/warpin-0-9-16.exe)
Note: probably some fixpak level is required on both Warp3&Warp4 to
support >2GB file sizes.
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ Save the installation archives into a temporary folder and double click
on the main package; otherwise you can drop the mysql package in your
WarpIN object or type
- WARPIN MYSQL-3-23-??-BLD1.WPI
+ WARPIN MYSQL-3-23-??-B1.WPI
from the command line.
The configuration file for MySQL is named my.cnf and it is placed into
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@ your %ETC% directory. Usually it located into the boot driver under
x:\MPTN\ETC
-If the installation detect an existing configuration file, this will be
-renamed to my.cnf.bak; your current settings aren't migrated to current
-installation. This file is not deleted by uninstall process.
+If the installation detect an existing configuration file, it will not be
+overwritten, keeping you settings; see x:\...\mysql\data\my.cnf.sample
+for new settings. This file is not deleted by uninstall process.
Startup options for MySQL daemon could be added there.
As default, client connections uses data compression: if you don't like it,
@@ -93,6 +92,19 @@ default into mysql\bin together with client applications. Copy it to your
x:\OS2\DLL or another directory in your LIBPATH to run command line
utilities from every place.
+See documentation for manuals installation.
+
+
+New features
+------------
+With build 4, the sql daemon supports a new option
+
+ --preload-client-dll
+
+that enables preloading of mysql.dll and mysqlu.dll directly by the
+server. This way, client programs doesn't need to have the dll's in
+the current libpath.
+
Documentation
-------------
@@ -102,7 +114,7 @@ INF documentation (requires OS/2 view or NewView).
The PDF documentation is found in
- MYSQL-3-23-42-PDF.WPI
+ MYSQL-3-23-??-PDF.WPI
and the INF documentation is found in
@@ -115,6 +127,9 @@ The INF documentation could contain errors because of semi-automatic
translation from texi original. Also it is not updated as the latest PDF
manual (sorry, but conversion from texi to ipf requires quite a lot of
work).
+To install the manuals, their WPI must be placed in the same directory
+of the main WPI package: once the main package installation is started,
+new install options will be available (inf or pdf manual).
Support
@@ -136,6 +151,7 @@ Since this software is ported for free, donations are welcome!
You can get also an extended support, which is not free and subject to
custom rates.
Ask in the mailing list for details.
+At least, a post card is welcome!
Know problems
@@ -161,8 +177,20 @@ All questions that are specific to the OS2/eComStation version should
be posted to this list! Please remember to include all relevant
information that may help solve your problem.
+
Building MySQL (VAC++ 4)
------------------------
+Place zlib-1.1.4 at the same level of mysql-3.23.50
+Place ufc lib at the same level of mysql-3.23.50
+
+Add the following files:
+ include\config-os2.h
+ include\mysql_version.h
+ mysys\my_os2*.*
+Get the following files from Windows source distribution:
+ strings\ctype_extra_sources.c
+ libmysql\dll.c
+
Apply file and patches found in the src\ directory (if exists).
Create the following subdirectories