UTF-8
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/UTF-8/ru
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mysql-server (metapackage)
etc/mysql/my.cnf
[client]
default-character-set = utf8
[mysqld]
default-character-set=utf8
character-set-server=utf8
collation-server=utf8_general_ci
init-connect="SET NAMES utf8"
skip-character-set-client-handshake
# * Fine Tuning
max_allowed_packet = 16M
[mysqldump]
max_allowed_packet = 16M
default-character-set=utf8
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