bug#25415: MySQL "server has gone away" when reloading database dump due to "max_allowed_packet" default

[zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 02:51, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2021 at 23:42, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 13:51, zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 at 10:29, Ben Sturmfels <ben@stumbles.id.au> wrote:
>>>> On 13/01/17 01:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Could it be worth setting max_allowed_packet to 16M in Guix's
>>>>>> `mysql-configuration-file` function for consistency with Debian?
>>>>>
>>>>> Definitely.  I would add a ‘max-allowed-packet’ field in
>>>>> <mysql-configuration> in (gnu services databases) and make sure it’s
>>>>> honored.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would you like to give it a try?
>>>>
>>>> Sure, I'll give it a shot!
>>>>
>>>> It looks as though the MariaDB source comes with a settings file for
>>>> Debian that includes max-allowed-packet=16M:
>>>>
>>>>   mariadb-XX.XX.XX/debian/additions/my.cnf
>>>>
>>>> Would you recommend adding just max-allowed-packet, or would it be worth
>>>> applying all these settings in this file?
>
> The bug#25415 [1] is about MySQL and a patch seems required.
>
> Would you like give a try?
>
> 1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/25415>

The bug is open since 2017 without any inputs despite my 3 questions.
Therefore, I will close it in one month from now if there is no more
interest in.  The backlog is already enough long. :-)

Cheers,
simon