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? Ben