Bug #2105 Cannot set mysql max_allowed_packet over 512M
Submitted: 12 Dec 2003 14:19 Modified: 13 Dec 2003 19:51
Reporter: Dean Ellis Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Command-line Clients Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.0.17 OS:Linux (Linux)
Assigned to: Michael Widenius CPU Architecture:Any

[12 Dec 2003 14:19] Dean Ellis 
Description:
mysql client does not seem to allow setting max_allowed_packet greater than 512M (512M - 1K technically).

How to repeat:
mysql --max_allowed_packet=1G --help | grep packet

Suggested fix:
n/a
[13 Dec 2003 4:40] MySQL Verification Team 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been fixed in the latest
development tree for that product. You can find more information about
accessing our development trees at 
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html

Fixed in 4.0.17
[13 Dec 2003 19:51] Michael Widenius 
Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our
source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the
next release.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest
available version, including the bugfix, yourself. More information 
about accessing the source trees is available at
    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Installing_source_tree.html

Additional info:

Fix will be in 4.0.17