Changes in MySQL Installer 1.6.2 (2022-03-03)

• Functionality Added or Changed

• Bugs Fixed

Functionality Added or Changed

• Previously, MySQL Installer stopped creating a scheduled task named ManifestUpdate, which is no longer required because MySQL Installer was updated in a past release to look for manifest updates. If a task of that name exists from a previous release, MySQL Installer now deletes it. (Bug #33506786)

• MySQL products that install into paths with Unicode characters (including Chinese characters) now are supported by MySQL Installer, provided the individual product’s standalone MSI file also supports this behavior.

  Important

  Currently, MySQL Server does not support installing into a path with Unicode characters.

  (Bug #33484592)

• MySQL Installer now permits the most recent manifest to be applied automatically after performing an upgrade from MySQL Installer 1.6.2 (or later) to any newer version.

  Note

  An upgrade from MySQL Installer 1.6.1 (or previous versions) does not apply this new, automatic manifest update. Instead, new product catalog checks are performed by default each day that MySQL Installer is running or, alternatively, when the Catalog link is selected and the catalog is updated manually (see MySQL Installer Product Catalog and Dashboard).

  (Bug #32948284)

• For new server installations, the innodb_open_files variable is no longer included as part of the my.ini file, which specifies the server configurations. This variable now is automatically calculated by MySQL Server and it can be added manually to the configuration file, if needed. (Bug #32717419)

Bugs Fixed

• Child features of a main feature marked as required were later shown as being disabled, rather than being enabled by default. This fix modifies the associated check boxes to match the actual status (enabled). (Bug #32899323)

• Clicking the X button in the Installer Upgrade Available dialog box did not stop the operation as expected. Now, the action of clicking the button is interpreted as no, do not perform an upgrade. All previous versions of MySQL Installer (prior to 1.6.2) continue to prompt for authentication when this action is selected. (Bug #32513312)

• For the Commercial release of MySQL Installer, a description of MySQL Enterprise Backup (MEB) was added to the Developer Default, Client only, and Full installation setup types. (Bug #27787585)

• An exception was returned during the product selection step when using MySQLInstallerConsole command options to create a silent installation. (Bug #90811, Bug #27995850)