Hi Ben, On Tue, 14 Sep 2021 at 13:51, zimoun wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 at 10:29, Ben Sturmfels wrote: >> On 13/01/17 01:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> >>>> Could it be worth setting max_allowed_packet to 16M in Guix's >>>> `mysql-configuration-file` function for consistency with Debian? >>> >>> Definitely. I would add a ‘max-allowed-packet’ field in >>> in (gnu services databases) and make sure it’s >>> honored. >>> >>> Would you like to give it a try? >> >> Sure, I'll give it a shot! >> >> It looks as though the MariaDB source comes with a settings file for >> Debian that includes max-allowed-packet=16M: >> >> mariadb-XX.XX.XX/debian/additions/my.cnf >> >> Would you recommend adding just max-allowed-packet, or would it be worth >> applying all these settings in this file? > > Well, anything that suits you. :-) Could you send a patch if it is > relevant? Would you like to give a try to fix bug#25415 [1]? :-) 1: Cheers, simon