MariaDB 5.1.55 Release Notes

The most recent release in the MariaDB 5.1 series is:MariaDB 5.1.67

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Release date: 1 Mar 2011

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For a list of every change made in MariaDB 5.1.55, see the Changelog. For a high-level description of MariaDB 5.1 see the MariaDB 5.1 overview.

In most respects MariaDB will work exactly as MySQL: all commands, interfaces, libraries and APIs that exist in MySQL also exist in MariaDB.

In addition to the differences noted in previous release notes and , the main differences between MariaDB and MySQL are:

Includes MySQL 5.1.55

For we have merged in all of the upstream changes from MySQL 5.1.54 and 5.1.55. The MySQL and release notes have details of what changes were made upstream by MySQL since 5.1.53.

Includes 5.1.54-12.5

We have included XtraDB from Percona Server 5.1.54-12.5 in this version of MariaDB. See the Percona Server for what changes were made upstream by Percona.

New Debian and Ubuntu Repositories

For this version of MariaDB we are pleased to announce the availability of Debian and Ubuntu repositories that we will keep up-to-date going forward. The new repositories make use of our world-wide network of MariaDB mirrors and will enable hassle-free upgrades to the latest version of MariaDB as soon as it is released.

See for information how to setup your Debian or Ubuntu system to use the new repositories.

RPM Package Signing

As part of the new Debian and Ubuntu repositories we have also . All RPM package releases going forward will be signed.

New Downloads System

With this version of MariaDB we are also debuting a new . This new site allows you to filter the various files to show only the ones you are interested in and it will attempt to locate the nearest mirror to you based on your IP address.

Bug Fixes

Like , includes several bug fixes and other improvements. Specific bugs fixed in include:

• Various storage engine fixes:

  • Pre- and post-recovery crash in Aria

  • ma_close.c:75: maria_close: Assertion `share->in_trans == 0' failed on UNLOCK TABLES

  • Aria recovery: ma_blockrec.c:3930: _ma_update_at_original_place: Assertion `block->org_bitmap_value == ..