Bug #8015 server refuses to start with long basedir path

• Submitted: 19 Jan 2005 18:00
• Modified: 17 Feb 2005 18:00
• Reporter: Hartmut Holzgraefe
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 4.1.8
• OS: Linux (linux, mac OS/X)
• Assigned to: Ramil Kalimullin
• CPU Architecture: Any

[19 Jan 2005 18:00] Hartmut Holzgraefe

Description:
Server will refuse to start with "file not found" messages related to language files
if basedir length is at about 240 characters (can get down to 120 with UTF-8)

How to repeat:
set basedir to a path that exceeds 240 characters

Suggested fix:
make sure platform path length limits are supported
or at least a meaningfull error message is produced 
in this case

[20 Jan 2005 23:24] Hartmut Holzgraefe

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[17 Feb 2005 18:00] Paul DuBois

Mentioned in 4.1.10 change notes.