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Upgrading MariaDB to the pre-latest minor release

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:45:30 +0000

Scenario: MariaDB Community Server is release every 3 months. The exact date is not known but it is typically about 2 to 3 weeks after the MySQL/Oracle CPU.

MariaDB and MySQL package holding or locking

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:02:24 +0000

Repositories from your favourite Linux distribution and from your favourite database software vendor get regular package updates. If you do periodic system upgrades (for example every 2 weeks as we do) you get the newest packages of a release series.
Unfortunately recently the software vendors started not only to fix bugs in new releases but also to introduce new features. And when you fix bugs or introduce new stuff new bugs might appear.
To avoid being hit unexpectedly by new bugs you do not want to upgrade untested software. To achieve this you want to keep/not upgrade some important packages. For example the MariaDB or MySQL server package.
This package pinning is called package version lock on CentOS and Redhat and package holding on Debian and Ubuntu.

Select Hello World FromDual with MariaDB PL/SQL

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:36:05 +0000

MariaDB 10.3 was released GA a few weeks ago. One of the features which interests me most is the MariaDB Oracle PL/SQL compatibility mode.

FromDual repositories

oli.sennhauser@fromdual.com (Oli Sennhauser) — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 13:54:31 +0000

Overview

FromDual provides software repositories for their MariaDB/MySQL related software: