The MySQL 8.0.16 Release Notes are very
interesting and sadly not read enough. One thing that may have
escaped attention is that you no longer have to run
mysql_upgrade after updating the binaries.
Let me repeat: you no longer have to
run mysql_upgrade after updating the
binaries.
From the release notes:
Previously, after installation of a new version of MySQL, the
MySQL server automatically upgrades the data dictionary tables at
the next startup, after which the DBA is expected to invoke
mysql_upgrade manually to upgrade the system tables in the mysql
schema, as well as objects in other schemas such as the sys
schema and user schemas.
The server, starting 8.0.16, does the work previously done by
mysql_upgrade for itself. And mysql_upgrade
itself is …
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