MySQL Bugs: #37086: libmysql.dll does not include version info

Bug #37086	libmysql.dll does not include version info
Submitted:	30 May 2008 4:50	Modified:	6 Mar 2013 11:05
Reporter:	Louis Solomon	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Packaging	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.0.51b	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
libmysql.dll does not include version info.

Having the version info in all .dll and .exe files greatly aids support.  This would in particular be helpful to me at the moment in identifying what versions of libmysql.dll are used in what php releases (see http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41350 for why this matters to me)

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
add it :-)

Thank you for a feature request. In what way you want that version to be presented?

On Linux when I apply strings command to libmysqlclient.so I clearly see version (like 6.0.8-aplha) among the results.

No feedback was provided for this bug for over a month, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".

no feedback only due to not notified of update since wasn't subscribed. wny not subscribed by default? mmm ...

anway, I don't know about linux, and don't care about linux.  my request was clearly about windows.  in windows there are many standard ways to retrieve the version from a .dll. a well know one is to right click and choose properies then details.  try it.

Indeed, for *.dll in, say, c:\WINDOWS\System32, Properties contains a tab with a lot of version-related information on my XP. Nothing similar for libmysql.dll.

Thank you for a nice feature request.

The same request appeared in MySQL japanese ML.

Verified that the properties tab for the libmysql.ddl that ship with Server
5.5.30 and 5.6.10 both display version number as requested.