MySQL Bugs: #25498: mysqld_multi should be able to use /etc/my.cnf

Bug #25498	mysqld_multi should be able to use /etc/my.cnf
Submitted:	9 Jan 2007 15:22	Modified:	9 Jan 2007 16:17
Reporter:	Tom Krouper	Email Updates:
Status:	Duplicate	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Command-line Clients	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.0.32	OS:	Linux (linux)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	configuration, mysqld_multi

Description:
While trying to configure multiple instances I was unable to get mysqld_multi to start multiple instances of mysqld. Basically the mysqld_multi script would say that it could not find any GNRs and would stop. My configuration file was located in /etc/my.cnf. After reading "mysqld_multi --example" and the documentation multiple times I discovered that my.cnf needed to be in /root/.my.cnf or /usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf. I'm hoping that the script can be changed to look in /etc/my.cnf also.

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
Change mysqld_multi script around line 468 to include /etc/my.cnf

If there is a reason that this should not be done, could you please put comments in the documentation to clarify the reasoning and the correct procedure.

I'm closing this as a duplicate of bug#24780, because this bug was introduced by a patch related to bug#24780.