MySQL Bugs: #26964: option --no-beep for mysqladmin

Bug #26964	option --no-beep for mysqladmin
Submitted:	8 Mar 2007 17:08	Modified:	27 Mar 2007 19:13
Reporter:	Guilhem Bichot	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Command-line Clients	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.0, 5.1	OS:	Linux (linux)
Assigned to:	Guilhem Bichot	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
upon error (like when it fails to connect to mysqld), mysqladmin issues a system-speaker beep (ASCII 7, BEL) which can be loud on some systems (like mine). Because this is the system-speaker, not the soundcard, it's not possible to silence or decrease its volume.
We should add an option --no-beep to mysqladmin like the "mysql" command-line client already has (default would be "beep" like in "mysql").

How to repeat:
try to connect mysqladmin to a mysqld which does not exist. On some machines it will give a loud beep.

Suggested fix:
will write a patch.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/21540

ChangeSet@1.2470, 2007-03-08 21:49:36+01:00, guilhem@gbichot4.local +1 -0
  Implementing the feature at BUG#26964 "option --no-beep for mysqladmin".
  Option --no-beep is added to mysqladmin like it already exists in
  the "mysql" command-line client (short option: -b; long: --no-beep).
  Default is to emit beeps like that "mysql" client.
  Can't test in the testsuite; but on my Linux I tested by hand:
  open a *xterm* and there do "mysqladmin shutdown" - I hear a beep;
  with --no-beep, no beep.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/21560

ChangeSet@1.2470, 2007-03-09 10:15:33+01:00, guilhem@gbichot4.local +1 -0
  Implementing the feature at BUG#26964 "option --no-beep for mysqladmin".
  Option --no-beep is added to mysqladmin like it already exists in
  the "mysql" command-line client (short option: -b; long: --no-beep).
  Default is to emit beeps like that "mysql" client.
  Can't test in the testsuite; but on my Linux I tested by hand:
  open a *xterm* and there do "mysqladmin shutdown" - I hear a beep;
  with --no-beep, no beep.

pushed in 5.1-maint.
Documentation: new option --no-beep added to mysqladmin, which will tell mysqladmin to not emit beeps (ASCII BEL) when there is an error (like a connection error). Default is still to emit beeps. The "mysql" command-line client already has such option.

Fixed in 5.1.17

Noted in 5.1.17 changelog and in mysqladmin section.