- Added option "--raid" to Build-Tools/Do-compile

 - Added 4.0.4 News section and updated Alpha-Linux compilation notes
   to manual.texi
 - Tagged ChangeSet 1.1244.1.2 as mysql-4.0.3


Build-tools/Do-compile:
   - Added --raid option to be able to build with MySQL RAID suppo
Docs/manual.texi:
   - Updated compilation notes on Alpha-Linux
   - Added 4.0.4 News section
   - Added note about Sinisa's last fix (mostly only to have an item in the
     news section)

Build-tools/Do-compile

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ $opt_distribution=$opt_user=$opt_result=$opt_config_options=$opt_config_env="";
 $opt_dbd_options=$opt_perl_options=$opt_make_options=$opt_suffix="";
 $opt_tmp=$opt_version_suffix="";
 $opt_help=$opt_Information=$opt_delete=$opt_debug=$opt_stage=$opt_rsh_mail=$opt_no_test=$opt_no_perl=$opt_with_low_memory=$opt_fast_benchmark=$opt_static_client=$opt_static_server=$opt_static_perl=$opt_sur=$opt_with_small_disk=$opt_local_perl=$opt_tcpip=$opt_build_thread=$opt_no_mysqltest=$opt_use_old_distribution=$opt_enable_shared=$opt_no_crash_me=$opt_no_strip=0;
-$opt_innodb=$opt_bdb=0;
+$opt_innodb=$opt_bdb=$opt_raid=0;
 
-GetOptions("Information","help","distribution=s","user=s","result=s","delete","no-test","no-mysqltest","perl-files=s","debug","config-options=s","config-env=s","stage=i","rsh-mail","with-low-memory","fast-benchmark","tmp=s","static-client","static-server","static-perl","no-perl","local-perl","perl-options=s","make-options=s", "sur","with-small-disk","dbd-options=s","tcpip","suffix=s","build-thread=i","innodb","bdb","use-old-distribution","enable-shared","no-crash-me","no-strip","version-suffix=s", "with-other-libc=s") || usage();
+GetOptions("Information","help","distribution=s","user=s","result=s","delete","no-test","no-mysqltest","perl-files=s","debug","config-options=s","config-env=s","stage=i","rsh-mail","with-low-memory","fast-benchmark","tmp=s","static-client","static-server","static-perl","no-perl","local-perl","perl-options=s","make-options=s","sur","with-small-disk","dbd-options=s","tcpip","suffix=s","build-thread=i","innodb","bdb","raid","use-old-distribution","enable-shared","no-crash-me","no-strip","version-suffix=s", "with-other-libc=s") || usage();
 
 usage() if ($opt_help || $opt_Information);
 usage() if (!$opt_distribution);
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@ if ($opt_stage <= 1)
   {
     $opt_config_options.= " --with-berkeley-db"
   }
+  if ($opt_raid)
+  {
+    $opt_config_options.= " --with-raid"
+  }
   if ($opt_innodb)
   {
     $opt_config_options.= " --with-innodb"

Docs/manual.texi

@@ -9092,23 +9092,27 @@ tested on Linux-Alpha.  If you plan to use MySQL on Linux-Alpha,
 you should ensure that you have this version or newer.
 
 We have tested MySQL on Alpha with our benchmarks and test suite,
-and it appears to work nicely.  The main thing we haven't yet had time to
-test is how things works with many concurrent users.
+and it appears to work nicely. 
 
-When we compiled the standard MySQL binary we are using SuSE 6.4,
-kernel 2.2.13-SMP, Compaq C compiler (V6.2-504) and Compaq C++ compiler
-(V6.3-005) on a Comaq DS20 machine with an Alpha EV6 processor.
+We currently build the MySQL binary packages on SuSE Linux 7.0 for AXP,
+kernel 2.4.4-SMP, Compaq C compiler (V6.2-505) and Compaq C++ compiler
+(V6.3-006) on a Compaq DS20 machine with an Alpha EV6 processor.
 
 You can find the above compilers at
 @uref{http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/}).  By using these compilers,
 instead of gcc, we get about 9-14% better performance with MySQL.
 
-Note that the configure line optimised the binary for the current CPU; this
-means you can only use our binary if you have an Alpha EV6 processor. We also
-compile statically to avoid library problems.
+Note that until MySQL version 3.23.52 and 4.0.2 we optimised the binary for
+the current CPU only (by using the @code{-fast} compile option); this meant
+that you could only use our binaries if you had an Alpha EV6 processor.
+
+Starting with all following releases we added the @code{-arch generic} flag
+to our compile options, which makes sure the binary runs on all Alpha
+processors. We also compile statically to avoid library problems.
 
 @example
-CC=ccc CFLAGS="-fast" CXX=cxx CXXFLAGS="-fast -noexceptions -nortti" \
+CC=ccc CFLAGS="-fast -arch generic" CXX=cxx \
+CXXFLAGS="-fast -arch generic -noexceptions -nortti" \
 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --disable-shared \
 --with-extra-charsets=complex --enable-thread-safe-client \
 --with-mysqld-ldflags=-non_shared --with-client-ldflags=-non_shared
@@ -50324,14 +50328,23 @@ each individual 4.0.x release.
 
 
 @menu
-* News-4.0.3::                  Changes in release 4.0.3 (Aug 2002: Beta)
+* News-4.0.4::                  Changes in release 4.0.4
+* News-4.0.3::                  Changes in release 4.0.3 (27 Aug 2002: Beta)
 * News-4.0.2::                  Changes in release 4.0.2 (01 Jul 2002)
 * News-4.0.1::                  Changes in release 4.0.1 (23 Dec 2001)
 * News-4.0.0::                  Changes in release 4.0.0 (Oct 2001: Alpha)
 @end menu
 
+@node News-4.0.4, News-4.0.3, News-4.0.x, News-4.0.x
+@appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.4
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+Fixed bug in checking for output file name of the @code{tee} option
+@end itemize
+
 @node News-4.0.3, News-4.0.2, News-4.0.x, News-4.0.x
-@appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.3 (Aug 2002: Beta)
+@appendixsubsec Changes in release 4.0.3 (27 Aug 2002: Beta)
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item