MySQL Bugs: #17202: Fulltext Plugin will not work with Windows

Bug #17202	Fulltext Plugin will not work with Windows
Submitted:	7 Feb 2006 20:29	Modified:	4 Jul 2006 23:04
Reporter:	Mark Leith	Email Updates:
Status:	Can't repeat	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: FULLTEXT search	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	5.1-BK	OS:	Windows (Windows)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Every plugin library must include a library descriptor that must define two symbols:

* _mysql_plugin_interface_version_ specifies the version number of the general plugin framework. This is given by the MYSQL_PLUGIN_INTERFACE_VERSION symbol, which is defined in the plugin.h file.

* _mysql_plugin_declarations_ defines an array of plugin declarations, terminated by a declaration with all members set to 0. Each declaration is an instance of the st_mysql_plugin structure (also defined in plugin.h). There must be one of these for each plugin in the library.

How to repeat:
Try to compile the fulltext plugin on Windows

Suggested fix:
The above 2 symbols should be modified to STDCALL as is done within libmysql.dll, and should allow creation of the *.def file to allow them to be exported. 

Perhaps we could include a vs project file for an example within the source as well?

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/2379

Fix is available in 5.1.7

The makefiles have been compltely changed (to CMake) in 5.1, and this change does not apply anymore. CSC8140 is already closed according to Mark Leith.