Bug #83701 MySQL Utilities references mysql.proc, which does not exist in MySQL 8.0

Description:
Several queries run by the MySLQ Utilities package mysql.utilities.common.database make reference to the table `mysql`.`proc`.

The `proc` table has been removed from the `mysql` database recently in MySQL 8.0.0, as part of the refactoring to use the InnoDB Data Dictionary.

I assume this affects most or all of the Python scripts in MySQL Utilities. I haven't tested more than one script, but the code is in a common package.

How to repeat:
$ mysqldbcompare --server1=root:passwd@localhost --difftype=sql test:test2

# WARNING: Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure.
# server1 on localhost: ... connected.
# Checking databases test and test2 on server1
#
ERROR: Query failed. 1146 (42S02): Table 'mysql.proc' doesn't exist```

Suggested fix:
Update MySQL Utilities code to search for stored routine metadata in an appropriate way, to support changes in MySQL 8.0.

Hello Bill,

Thank you for the report and feedback.

Thanks,
Umesh

https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=90636 marked as duplicate of this one.

No change after 3 years. Looking for ways to gradually update from 5.7 to 8 but running into an obstacle after obstacle.

Any workaround for this?

I don't expect this will ever be fixed. 

MySQL Utilities hasn't had any commits or releases since its 1.6.5 release in January 2017, according to https://github.com/mysql/mysql-utilities/releases

The download for MySQL Utilities has been moved to an archive page: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/utilities/ and there's a notice that its current status is "Oracle Sustaining Support."

It also states: "Some features of Utilities are on the roadmap for Shell, users are encouraged to migrate to MySQL Shell."