Bug #20764 Have mysql.server script pass $datadir/my.cnf via --defaults-extra-file

• Submitted: 29 Jun 2006 3:07
• Modified: 5 Dec 2007 18:55
• Reporter: Lachlan Mulcahy
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Server: Options
• Severity: S4 (Feature request)
• Version: 5.5
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[29 Jun 2006 3:07] Lachlan Mulcahy

Description:
Currently MySQL will only look for a my.cnf file in the default datadir as set at *compile time*. 

If the user is using their own setting for datadir, this becomes fairly useless.

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
The mysql.server init script could pass the user's datadir my.cnf via --defaults-extra-file if the file exists:

$bindir/mysqld_safe --defaults-extra-file=$datadir/my.cnf --datadir=$datadir --pid-file=$pid_file >/dev/null 2>&1 &

This would make a my.cnf in the datadir more "relevant" to your installation setup.

[29 Jun 2006 13:14] Valeriy Kravchuk

Thank you for a reasonable feature request.