Bug #80994 Remove TCMalloc from distributions
Submitted: 7 Apr 2016 10:20 Modified: 14 Apr 2016 17:01
Reporter: Ståle Deraas Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Packaging Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.5+ OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[7 Apr 2016 10:20] Ståle Deraas
Description:
TCMalloc is distributed in our packages,. This is a very old version that is not in use, and we should remove it from the packages. Server PT approved this removal. Our documentation must reflect this.

How to repeat:
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[13 Apr 2016 10:34] Balasubramanian Kandasamy
Thanks for the bug report.

Removed TCMalloc references from the build scripts.
[14 Apr 2016 17:01] Paul DuBois
Posted by developer:
 
Noted in 5.5.50, 5.6.31, 5.7.13 changelogs.

The version of TCMalloc included in MySQL distributions was very old.
It has been removed and is no longer included with MySQL.