MySQL Sandbox 2.0.13 with improved features

MySQL Sandbox 2.0.13 was just released, with two main improvements. Now the sandbox looks for gtar before looking for tar. If it is installed, it uses it. This allows the Sandbox successfully expanding and installing from a tarball on Solaris, where the native tar tool has always been source of problems for MySQL. The start and restart scripts now accept a parameter. Anything passed to them from the command line will be added to mysqld_safe invocation. This allows quick tests with unusual parameters, without need of changing the configuration file.

These features are useful for benchmarks. I will soon write a quick guide on how to use the Sandbox for multiple versions tests.