Bug #21696 Add information about Program Database Files (pdb)
Submitted: 17 Aug 2006 13:11 Modified: 14 Sep 2007 9:05
Reporter: Miguel Solorzano Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Documentation Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0 (all ?) OS:Windows (Windows)
Assigned to: MC Brown CPU Architecture:Any

[17 Aug 2006 13:11] Miguel Solorzano
Description:
From version 5.0.24 the Windows server binaries were compiled with
debugging symbols and generated/packed their pdb files:

C:\mysql\bin>dir *.pdb
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is C0FB-E588

 Directory of C:\mysql\bin

28/07/2006  13:05        12.086.272 mysqld-debug.pdb
28/07/2006  13:05         4.230.144 mysqld-max-nt.pdb
28/07/2006  13:05         4.221.952 mysqld-max.pdb
28/07/2006  13:05         3.787.776 mysqld-nt.pdb
28/07/2006  13:05         3.787.776 mysqld.pdb
28/07/2006  13:05         1.321.984 mysqlmanager.pdb
               6 File(s)     29.435.904 bytes
               0 Dir(s)   7.724.367.872 bytes free

Then would be nice to have instructions why these files were
added in the release package, how to setup/use a JIT debugger
Windows (Dr. Watson/WinDBG) for to generate a dump/log files
and so on. 

How to repeat:
See description.

Suggested fix:
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[14 Sep 2007 9:05] MC Brown
A new section has been added to detail how to use PDB files and enable traces within Windows to the 5.1, 5.2 and 5.0 reference manuals.