From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Where is mysql/administration command? Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:47:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87zhqsx1rg.fsf@nckx> References: <20190218010031.xhqam5qzdoaed5lp@WaraToNora> <<20190218010031.xhqam5qzdoaed5lp@WaraToNora> <87tvh1yx9z.fsf@nckx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43783) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvpp2-0001Pc-50 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:47:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvpp0-0007su-1M for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:47:27 -0500 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:40576) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gvpoz-0007qx-Lm for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:47:25 -0500 In-reply-to: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: znavko@tutanota.com Cc: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice , help-guix Hullo, znavko! znavko wrote: > I use su, just for own commodity. The difference for me is that=20 > su does not need to type 'sudo' every time. OK, thanks! I thought that perhaps mysql/mariadb was picky about=20 how they were run. > Some howtos mention meariadb package, the others type mysql. > What is the difference between mariadb and mysql?=20 Guix ships both, but prefers =E2=80=98mariadb=E2=80=99. I use PostgreSQL, = so I'm=20 no expert here, but IIRC MariaDB was forked from MySQL when the=20 latter was taken over by Oracle. MariaDB claims[1] to be compatible with MySQL, whatever that=20 means, but they also have things like their own storage engine=20 with claimed advantages[2] over MyISAM so they're going their own=20 way as well. I don't see the point of using =E2=80=98mysql=E2=80=99 tools to administrat= e a=20 =E2=80=98mariadb=E2=80=99 back-end. It seems like a huge risk with no bene= fits. Kind regards, T G-R Sent from my GNU Emacs [1]:=20 https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/mariadb-vs-mysql-compatibility/ [2]: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/aria-faq/