Binary compatibility report for the MySQL library between 5.5.38 and 5.6.10 versions on x86

Test Info

Library Name	MySQL
Version #1	5.5.38
Version #2	5.6.10
CPU Type	x86
GCC Version	4.6.1

Test Results

Total Header Files	1
Total Shared Libraries	1
Total Symbols / Types	150 / 120
Verdict	Incompatible (32%)

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	2
Removed Symbols	High	2
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	1
	Low	1
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	1
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Data Types	-	16
Other Changes in Constants	-	9

Added Symbols (2)

mysql.h, libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0
mysql_options4 ( MYSQL* mysql, enum mysql_option option, void const* arg1, void const* arg2 ) @@ libmysqlclient_18

mysql_com.h, libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0
net_write_packet ( NET* net, unsigned char const* packet, size_t length ) @@ libmysqlclient_18

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Removed Symbols (2)

mysql_com.h, libmysqlclient.so.18.0.0
my_connect ( my_socket s, struct sockaddr const* name, unsigned int namelen, unsigned int timeout )
net_real_write ( NET* net, unsigned char const* packet, size_t len )

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Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity (1)

mysql.h
[+] enum mysql_option (1)

	Change	Effect
1	Value of member MYSQL_ENABLE_CLEARTEXT_PLUGIN has been changed from 24 to 36.	Applications may execute a wrong branch of code in the library and therefore change the behavior.

[+] affected symbols (92)

myodbc_remove_escape ( MYSQL* mysql, char* name )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_affected_rows ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_autocommit ( MYSQL* mysql, my_bool auto_mode )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_change_user ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* user, char const* passwd, char const* db )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_character_set_name ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_close ( MYSQL* sock )

Field 'sock->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'sock' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_commit ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_data_seek ( MYSQL_RES* result, my_ulonglong offset )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_dump_debug_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_eof ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_errno ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_error ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_fetch_field ( MYSQL_RES* result )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_fetch_field_direct ( MYSQL_RES* res, unsigned int fieldnr )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_fetch_fields ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_fetch_lengths ( MYSQL_RES* result )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_fetch_row ( MYSQL_RES* result )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_field_count ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_field_seek ( MYSQL_RES* result, MYSQL_FIELD_OFFSET offset )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_field_tell ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_free_result ( MYSQL_RES* result )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_character_set_info ( MYSQL* mysql, MY_CHARSET_INFO* charset )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_host_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_proto_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_server_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_server_version ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_get_ssl_cipher ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_init ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_insert_id ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_kill ( MYSQL* mysql, unsigned long pid )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_list_dbs ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* wild )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_list_fields ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* table, char const* wild )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_list_processes ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_list_tables ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* wild )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_more_results ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_next_result ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_num_fields ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_num_rows ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_options ( MYSQL* mysql, enum mysql_option option, void const* arg )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_ping ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_query ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* q )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_read_query_result ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_real_connect ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* host, char const* user, char const* passwd, char const* db, unsigned int port, char const* unix_socket, unsigned long clientflag )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_real_escape_string ( MYSQL* mysql, char* to, char const* from, unsigned long length )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_real_query ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* q, unsigned long length )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_refresh ( MYSQL* mysql, unsigned int refresh_options )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_rollback ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_row_seek ( MYSQL_RES* result, MYSQL_ROW_OFFSET offset )

Field 'result->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_row_tell ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_select_db ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* db )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_send_query ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* q, unsigned long length )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_set_character_set ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* csname )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_set_local_infile_default ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_set_local_infile_handler ( MYSQL* mysql, int(*local_infile_init)(void**, char const*, void*), int(*local_infile_read)(void*, char*, unsigned int), void(*local_infile_end)(void*), int(*local_infile_error)(void*, char*, unsigned int), void* p6 )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_set_server_option ( MYSQL* mysql, enum enum_mysql_set_option option )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_shutdown ( MYSQL* mysql, enum mysql_enum_shutdown_level shutdown_level )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_sqlstate ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_ssl_set ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* key, char const* cert, char const* ca, char const* capath, char const* cipher )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stat ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_affected_rows ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_attr_get ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, enum enum_stmt_attr_type attr_type, void* attr )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_attr_set ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, enum enum_stmt_attr_type attr_type, void const* attr )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_bind_param ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, MYSQL_BIND* bnd )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_bind_result ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, MYSQL_BIND* bnd )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_close ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_data_seek ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, my_ulonglong offset )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_errno ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_error ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_execute ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_fetch ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_fetch_column ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, MYSQL_BIND* bind_arg, unsigned int column, unsigned long offset )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_field_count ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_free_result ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_init ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_insert_id ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_next_result ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_num_rows ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_param_count ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_param_metadata ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_prepare ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, char const* query, unsigned long length )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_reset ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_result_metadata ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_row_seek ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, MYSQL_ROW_OFFSET offset )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_row_tell ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_send_long_data ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt, unsigned int param_number, char const* data, unsigned long length )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_sqlstate ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_stmt_store_result ( MYSQL_STMT* stmt )

Field 'stmt->mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'stmt' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_store_result ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_thread_id ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_use_result ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

mysql_warning_count ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options->methods_to_use' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'enum mysql_option'.

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity (1)

mysql.h
[+] struct st_mysql_options (1)

	Change	Effect
1	Field client_ip has been renamed to ci.	Renaming of a field in data type may indicate a change in the semantic meaning of the field.

[+] affected symbols (92)

myodbc_remove_escape ( MYSQL* mysql, char* name )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_affected_rows ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_autocommit ( MYSQL* mysql, my_bool auto_mode )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_change_user ( MYSQL* mysql, char const* user, char const* passwd, char const* db )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_character_set_name ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_close ( MYSQL* sock )

Field 'sock->options' in 1st parameter 'sock' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_commit ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_data_seek ( MYSQL_RES* result, my_ulonglong offset )

Field 'result->handle->options' in 1st parameter 'result' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_dump_debug_info ( MYSQL* mysql )

Field 'mysql->options' in 1st parameter 'mysql' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.

mysql_eof ( MYSQL_RES* res )

Field 'res->handle->options' in 1st parameter 'res' (pointer) has type 'struct st_mysql_options'.