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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[08254fc] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[68196987] | 6 |
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[039736d2] | 7 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-http "http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY mysql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/databases/mysql/Downloads/MySQL-5.0/mysql-&mysql-version;.tar.gz">
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[7de560e] | 9 | <!ENTITY mysql-md5sum "b45cd6c89e35dfc1cdbe1a1f782aefbf">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY mysql-size "24 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY mysql-buildsize "405 MB (additional 65 MB to run the test suite)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY mysql-time "6.0 SBU (Test suite is an additional 52 minutes, only partially CPU dependent)">
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[08254fc] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[c30b739] | 15 | <sect1 id="mysql" xreflabel="MySQL-&mysql-version;">
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[22c7fe6] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="mysql.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>MySQL-&mysql-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="mysql">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-MySQL">MySQL</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to MySQL</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>MySQL</application> is a widely used and fast SQL
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| 33 | database server. It is a client/server implementation that consists of a
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| 34 | server daemon and many different client programs and libraries.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&mysql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &mysql-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &mysql-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &mysql-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &mysql-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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[1e11f8e] | 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">MySQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[22c7fe6] | 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[9b603d4] | 61 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/> and
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[039736d2] | 62 | <xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/>
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[9f12e36] | 63 |
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[9b603d4] | 64 | <!-- Removing libedit because it causes more problems than it solves.
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[9f12e36] | 65 |
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[22c7fe6] | 66 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libedit/">libedit</ulink>
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[9b603d4] | 67 | (as an alternative to readline)-->
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[9f12e36] | 68 |
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[9b603d4] | 69 | </para>
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[9dfd852b] | 70 |
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[3cb0c57] | 71 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 72 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/mysql"/></para>
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| 73 |
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[22c7fe6] | 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 77 | <title>Installation of MySQL</title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para>For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user
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| 80 | and group is strongly encouraged:</para>
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| 81 |
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[b785ab29] | 82 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -g 40 mysql &&
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| 83 | useradd -c "MySQL Server" -d /dev/null -g mysql -s /bin/false \
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| 84 | -u 40 mysql</userinput></screen>
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[22c7fe6] | 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Build and install <application>MySQL</application> by
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| 87 | running the following commands:</para>
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| 88 |
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[db70961a] | 89 | <screen><userinput>C_EXTRA_FLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing \
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[9b603d4] | 90 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[9dfd852b] | 91 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 92 | --libexecdir=/usr/sbin \
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| 93 | --localstatedir=/srv/mysql \
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| 94 | --enable-thread-safe-client \
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| 95 | --enable-assembler \
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| 96 | --enable-local-infile \
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| 97 | --with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock \
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| 98 | --without-debug \
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| 99 | --without-bench \
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[9b603d4] | 100 | --without-readline \
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| 101 | --with-berkeley-db \
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| 102 | --with-extra-charsets=all &&
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[9dfd852b] | 103 | make testdir=/tmp/mysql</userinput></screen>
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| 104 |
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[9b603d4] | 105 | <!--
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[9dfd852b] | 106 | <para>Some of the tests in the test suite are known to fail and this will
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| 107 | cause the test suite to abort at that point. Issue the following command
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| 108 | to disable the tests known to fail:</para>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <screen><userinput>for TESTFILE in information_schema innodb join mysql_client_test \
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| 111 | ps_2myisam ps_3innodb ps_4heap ps_5merge \
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| 112 | sp-error strict type_float type_ranges
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| 113 | do
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| 114 | mv mysql-test/t/$TESTFILE.test mysql-test/t/$TESTFILE.test.disabled
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| 115 | done
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| 116 | unset TESTFILE</userinput></screen>
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[9b603d4] | 117 | -->
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[68196987] | 118 |
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| 119 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make test</command>. Note that
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| 120 | if you have a restrictive <filename>/etc/hosts.deny</filename> file, you
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| 121 | will need to add an appropriate entry to the
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| 122 | <filename>/etc/hosts.allow</filename> file for the
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| 123 | <command>mysqld</command> daemon, else many of the tests will fail.</para>
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[9e69cae] | 124 |
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[22c7fe6] | 125 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[20f5e71a] | 126 |
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[9dfd852b] | 127 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make testdir=/tmp/mysql install &&
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| 128 | rm -rf /tmp/mysql &&
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[4b93ac2] | 129 | cd /usr/lib &&
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[22c7fe6] | 130 | ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</userinput></screen>
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[4b93ac2] | 131 |
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[039736d2] | 132 | <tip>
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| 133 | <para>The only documentation shipped in the source tarball are
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| 134 | <filename>mysql.info</filename> and <filename>manual.chm</filename>
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| 135 | (Microsoft Help format) files. You can download various formats of the
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| 136 | <application>MySQL</application> Reference Manual from <ulink
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| 137 | url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/"/>.</para>
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| 138 | </tip>
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[36769b3] | 139 |
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[22c7fe6] | 140 | </sect2>
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[4b93ac2] | 141 |
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[22c7fe6] | 142 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 143 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[08254fc] | 144 |
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[db70961a] | 145 | <para><parameter>C_EXTRA_FLAGS=-fno-strict-aliasing</parameter>: This
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[aa13abce] | 146 | environment variable adjusts the compiler optimization to avoid failures in
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| 147 | the testsuite and other operations.</para>
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[9b603d4] | 148 |
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[22c7fe6] | 149 | <para><parameter>--libexecdir=/usr/sbin</parameter>: This switch installs
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[9dfd852b] | 150 | the <command>mysqld</command> daemon and the
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| 151 | <command>mysqlmanager</command> program in an appropriate location.</para>
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[08254fc] | 152 |
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[22c7fe6] | 153 | <para><parameter>--localstatedir=/srv/mysql</parameter>: This switch
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| 154 | forces <application>MySQL</application> to use
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| 155 | <filename class='directory'>/srv/mysql</filename> for database files and
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| 156 | other variable data.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 157 |
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[22c7fe6] | 158 | <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safe-client</parameter>: This
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| 159 | switch compiles a thread-safe <application>MySQL</application> client
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| 160 | library.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 161 |
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[22c7fe6] | 162 | <para><parameter>--enable-assembler</parameter>: This switch allows using
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| 163 | assembler versions of some string functions.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 164 |
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[22c7fe6] | 165 | <para><parameter>--enable-local-infile</parameter>: This switch enables
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| 166 | the <quote>LOAD DATA INFILE</quote> SQL statement.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 167 |
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[22c7fe6] | 168 | <para><parameter>--with-unix-socket-path=/var/run/mysql</parameter>:
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[db9754e] | 169 | This switch puts the unix-domain socket into the
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| 170 | <filename class="directory">/var/run/mysql</filename> directory instead of
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| 171 | the default <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>.</para>
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[867e611] | 172 |
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[22c7fe6] | 173 | <para><parameter>--without-bench</parameter>: This switch skips building
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| 174 | the benchmark suite.</para>
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[867e611] | 175 |
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[22c7fe6] | 176 | <para><parameter>--without-readline</parameter>: This switch forces the
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| 177 | build to use the system copy of <application>readline</application> instead
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| 178 | of the bundled copy.</para>
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[867e611] | 179 |
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[9f12e36] | 180 | <para><parameter>--with-berkeley-db</parameter>: This switch enables
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[9b603d4] | 181 | using <application>Berkeley DB</application> tables as a back end.</para>
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| 182 |
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[9f12e36] | 183 | <para><parameter>--with-extra-charsets=all</parameter>: This switch enables
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[9b603d4] | 184 | international character sets within the suite.</para>
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| 185 |
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[22c7fe6] | 186 | <para><command>make testdir=...</command>: This installs the test suite in
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[9dfd852b] | 187 | <filename class='directory'>/tmp/mysql</filename>. The test suite is not
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| 188 | required, nor does it function properly on an installed version of
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| 189 | <application>MySQL</application>, so it is removed in the next step.</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 190 |
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[9dfd852b] | 191 | <para><command>ln -v -sf mysql/libmysqlclient{,_r}.so* .</command>: This
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[22c7fe6] | 192 | command makes the <application>MySQL</application> shared libraries
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| 193 | available to other packages at run-time.</para>
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[08254fc] | 194 |
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[22c7fe6] | 195 | <para><option>--with-openssl</option>: This switch adds OpenSSL support
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| 196 | to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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[867e611] | 197 |
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[9dfd852b] | 198 | <para><option>--with-libwrap</option>: This switch adds tcpwrappers
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[9b603d4] | 199 | support to <application>MySQL</application>.</para>
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[9dfd852b] | 200 |
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[22c7fe6] | 201 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 202 |
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[22c7fe6] | 203 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 204 | <title>Configuring MySQL</title>
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[08254fc] | 205 |
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[22c7fe6] | 206 | <sect3 id="mysql-config">
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| 207 | <title>Config Files</title>
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[08254fc] | 208 |
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[22c7fe6] | 209 | <para><filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> and
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| 210 | <filename>~/.my.cnf</filename></para>
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[08254fc] | 211 |
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[22c7fe6] | 212 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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| 213 | <primary sortas="e-AA.my.cnf">~/.my.cnf</primary>
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| 214 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 215 |
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[22c7fe6] | 216 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-config">
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| 217 | <primary sortas="e-etc-my.cnf">/etc/my.cnf</primary>
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| 218 | </indexterm>
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[08254fc] | 219 |
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[22c7fe6] | 220 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 221 |
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[22c7fe6] | 222 | <sect3>
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| 223 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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[08254fc] | 224 |
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[22c7fe6] | 225 | <para>There are several default configuration files available in
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| 226 | <filename class="directory">/usr/share/mysql</filename> which you can
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| 227 | use. Create <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> using the following command
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| 228 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[08254fc] | 229 |
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[22c7fe6] | 230 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m644 /usr/share/mysql/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 231 |
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[22c7fe6] | 232 | <para>You can now install a database and change the ownership to the
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| 233 | unprivileged user and group (perform as the <systemitem
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| 234 | class="username">root</systemitem> user):</para>
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[08254fc] | 235 |
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[22c7fe6] | 236 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysql_install_db --user=mysql &&
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| 237 | chgrp -v mysql /srv/mysql{,/test,/mysql}</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 238 |
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[22c7fe6] | 239 | <para>Further configuration requires that the
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[9dfd852b] | 240 | <application>MySQL</application> server is running. Start
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[22c7fe6] | 241 | the server using the following commands as the <systemitem
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| 242 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[08254fc] | 243 |
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[515209b3] | 244 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -o mysql -g mysql -d /var/run/mysql &&
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[22c7fe6] | 245 | mysqld_safe --user=mysql 2>&1 >/dev/null &</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 246 |
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[9dfd852b] | 247 | <para>A default installation does not set up a password for the
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[22c7fe6] | 248 | administrator, so use the following command as the <systemitem
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| 249 | class="username">root</systemitem> user to set one. Replace
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[3cb0c57] | 250 | <replaceable><new-password></replaceable> with your own.</para>
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[08254fc] | 251 |
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[3cb0c57] | 252 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -u root password <replaceable><new-password></replaceable></userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 253 |
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[22c7fe6] | 254 | <para>Configuration of the server is now finished. Shut the server
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| 255 | down using the following command as the <systemitem
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| 256 | class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[4b93ac2] | 257 |
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[22c7fe6] | 258 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mysqladmin -p shutdown</userinput></screen>
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[08254fc] | 259 |
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[22c7fe6] | 260 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 261 |
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[22c7fe6] | 262 | <sect3 id="mysql-init">
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| 263 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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[08254fc] | 264 |
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[22c7fe6] | 265 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql</filename> init script
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[5254d12] | 266 | included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package as
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[22c7fe6] | 267 | the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to start the
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| 268 | <application>MySQL</application> server during system boot-up.</para>
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[08254fc] | 269 |
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[22c7fe6] | 270 | <indexterm zone="mysql mysql-init">
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| 271 | <primary sortas="f-mysql">mysql</primary>
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| 272 | </indexterm>
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[20f5e71a] | 273 |
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[22c7fe6] | 274 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-mysql</userinput></screen>
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[20f5e71a] | 275 |
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[22c7fe6] | 276 | </sect3>
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[08254fc] | 277 |
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[22c7fe6] | 278 | </sect2>
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[08254fc] | 279 |
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[22c7fe6] | 280 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 281 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 282 |
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| 283 | <segmentedlist>
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| 284 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 285 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 286 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <seglistitem>
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[9dfd852b] | 289 | <seg>comp_err, innochecksum, msql2mysql, my_print_defaults,
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| 290 | myisam_ftdump, myisamchk, myisamlog, myisampack, mysql,
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| 291 | mysql_client_test, mysql_config, mysql_convert_table_format,
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| 292 | mysql_create_system_tables, mysql_explain_log, mysql_find_rows,
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| 293 | mysql_fix_extensions, mysql_fix_privilege_tables, mysql_install_db,
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| 294 | mysql_secure_installation, mysql_setpermission, mysql_tableinfo,
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| 295 | mysql_tzinfo_to_sql, mysql_waitpid, mysql_zap, mysqlaccess, mysqladmin,
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| 296 | mysqlbinlog, mysqlbug, mysqlcheck, mysqld, mysqld_multi, mysqld_safe,
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| 297 | mysqldump, mysqldumpslow, mysqlhotcopy, mysqlimport, mysqlmanager,
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| 298 | mysqlshow, mysqltest, mysqltestmanager, mysqltestmanager-pwgen,
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| 299 | mysqltestmanagerc, perror, replace, resolve_stack_dump, and
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| 300 | resolveip</seg>
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| 301 | <seg>libdbug.a, libheap.a, libmyisam.a, libmyisammrg.a,
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[3cb0c57] | 302 | libmysqlclient.{so,a}, libmysqlclient_r.{so,a}, libmystrings.a,
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[9dfd852b] | 303 | libmysys.a, and libvio.a</seg>
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[22c7fe6] | 304 | <seg>/srv/mysql, /usr/include/mysql, /usr/lib/mysql, /usr/share/mysql, and
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| 305 | /var/run/mysql</seg>
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| 306 | </seglistitem>
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| 307 | </segmentedlist>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | <para>Descriptions of all the programs and libraries would be several
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[9dfd852b] | 312 | pages long. Instead, consult the <filename>mysql.info</filename>
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| 313 | documentation or the on-line reference manual at <ulink
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| 314 | url="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/index.html"/>.</para>
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[22c7fe6] | 315 |
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[9dfd852b] | 316 | <para>The <application>Perl</application> DBI modules must be installed
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| 317 | for some of the <application>MySQL</application> support programs to
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| 318 | function properly.</para>
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[22c7fe6] | 319 |
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| 320 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 321 |
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| 322 | </sect1>
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