Description:
It looks like variables are not initialized correctly on startup, not only logging options seems to have weird values at startup:
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| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| back_log | 50 |
| basedir | /usr/local/mysql-4.0.9-gamma/ |
| binlog_cache_size | 32768 |
| bulk_insert_buffer_size | 8388608 |
| character_set | win1251 |
| character_sets | latin1 big5 czech euc_kr gb2312 gbk latin1_de sjis tis620 ujis dec8 dos german1 hp8 koi8_ru latin2 swe7 usa7 cp1251 danish hebrew win1251 estonia hungarian koi8_ukr win1251ukr greek win1250 croat cp1257 latin5 |
| concurrent_insert | ON |
| connect_timeout | 5 |
| convert_character_set | |
| datadir | /var/lib/mysql/ |
| delay_key_write | ON |
| delayed_insert_limit | 100 |
| delayed_insert_timeout | 300 |
| delayed_queue_size | 1000 |
| flush | OFF |
| flush_time | 0 |
| ft_min_word_len | 4 |
| ft_max_word_len | 254 |
| ft_max_word_len_for_sort | 20 |
| ft_boolean_syntax | + -><()~*:""&| |
| have_bdb | NO |
| have_innodb | YES |
| have_isam | NO |
| have_raid | NO |
| have_symlink | DISABLED |
| have_openssl | NO |
| have_query_cache | YES |
| init_file | |
| innodb_additional_mem_pool_size | 20971520 |
| innodb_buffer_pool_size | 268435456 |
| innodb_data_file_path | ibdata1:1500M;ibdata2:1500M;ibdata3:1500M;ibdata4:1500M;ibdata5:1500M:autoextend |
| innodb_data_home_dir | /var/lib/mysql/ |
| innodb_file_io_threads | 4 |
| innodb_force_recovery | 0 |
| innodb_thread_concurrency | 6 |
| innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit | 0 |
| innodb_fast_shutdown | ON |
| innodb_flush_method | |
| innodb_lock_wait_timeout | 20 |
| innodb_log_arch_dir | /var/lib/mysql/ |
| innodb_log_archive | OFF |
| innodb_log_buffer_size | 8388608 |
| innodb_log_file_size | 134217728 |
| innodb_log_files_in_group | 2 |
| innodb_log_group_home_dir | /var/lib/mysql/ |
| innodb_mirrored_log_groups | 1 |
| interactive_timeout | 28800 |
| join_buffer_size | 131072 |
| key_buffer_size | 134217728 |
| language | /usr/local/mysql-4.0.9-gamma/share/mysql/english/ |
| large_files_support | ON |
| local_infile | ON |
| locked_in_memory | OFF |
| log | ON |
| log_update | ON |
| log_bin | ON |
| log_slave_updates | OFF |
| log_slow_queries | ON |
| log_warnings | OFF |
| long_query_time | 10 |
| low_priority_updates | OFF |
| lower_case_table_names | OFF |
| max_allowed_packet | 1047552 |
| max_binlog_cache_size | 4294967295 |
| max_binlog_size | 1073741824 |
| max_connections | 600 |
| max_connect_errors | 1000 |
| max_delayed_threads | 20 |
| max_heap_table_size | 16777216 |
| max_join_size | 18446744073709551615 |
| max_sort_length | 1024 |
| max_user_connections | 0 |
| max_tmp_tables | 32 |
| max_write_lock_count | 4294967295 |
| myisam_max_extra_sort_file_size | 268435456 |
| myisam_max_sort_file_size | 9223372036854775807 |
| myisam_recover_options | OFF |
| myisam_sort_buffer_size | 67108864 |
| net_buffer_length | 16384 |
| net_read_timeout | 30 |
| net_retry_count | 10 |
| net_write_timeout | 60 |
| open_files_limit | 0 |
| pid_file | /var/lib/mysql/sql3.pid |
| port | 3306 |
| protocol_version | 10 |
| read_buffer_size | 2093056 |
| read_rnd_buffer_size | 262144 |
| rpl_recovery_rank | 0 |
| query_cache_limit | 1048576 |
| query_cache_size | 67108864 |
| query_cache_type | ON |
| server_id | 1 |
| slave_net_timeout | 3600 |
| skip_external_locking | ON |
| skip_networking | OFF |
| skip_show_database | OFF |
| slow_launch_time | 2 |
| socket | /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock |
| sort_buffer_size | 2097144 |
| sql_mode | 0 |
| table_cache | 512 |
| table_type | MYISAM |
| thread_cache_size | 12 |
| thread_stack | 65536 |
| tx_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ |
| timezone | Local time zone must be set--see z |
| tmp_table_size | 33554432 |
| tmpdir | /tmp/ |
| version | 4.0.9-gamma-log |
| wait_timeout | 28800 |
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How to repeat:
Run mysqld --no-defaults
and make sure logs are created
