Bug #16106 Wrong information for --help option for commercial version for some utilities
Submitted: 30 Dec 2005 21:19 Modified: 13 Feb 2006 20:51
Reporter: Serge Kozlov
Status: Closed
Category:Server Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:4.0, 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1 OS:Any (all)
Assigned to: Joerg Bruehe Target Version:

[30 Dec 2005 21:19] Serge Kozlov 
Description:
'comp_err' and 'mysqld_multi' show wrong information about license: GPL instead
commercial software.

How to repeat:
./comp_err --help
./comp_err  (Compile errormessage)  Ver 2.0
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license
...

./mysqld_multi --help
mysqld_multi version 2.15 by Jani Tolonen

This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license.
...
[13 Jan 2006 16:25] Bugs System 
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/1038
[16 Jan 2006 16:48] Bugs System 
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/1149
[13 Feb 2006 20:44] Joerg Bruehe 
Has been pushed to all versions in the meantime, from 4.0 up to 5.2.
(Sorry for the late entry.)

Not sure whether this needs to be documented.
[13 Feb 2006 20:51] Paul DuBois 
No changelog entry needed.