MySQL Bugs: #384: man page error for mysql_fix_privilege

Bug #384	man page error for mysql_fix_privilege_tables
Submitted:	6 May 2003 12:52	Modified:	14 May 2003 3:42
Reporter:	Christian Hammers (Silver Quality Contributor) (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	4.0.12	OS:
Assigned to:	Jani Tolonen	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
This is from the Debian bug tracking system.
http://bugs.debian.org/191776
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Quoth the manpage:

	For more information start the program with '--help'.

However, mysql_fix_privilege_tables doesn't recognize --help, so you get
tons of error messages instead. :(

The manpage also says:

	If you get 'Access denied' errors, you should run this script
	again and give the MySQL root user password as an argument!

I had to take a peek at the script to figure out how I was supposed to
pass the root password.  This line could easily be purged by making the
synopsis more accurate, like:

	mysql_fix_privilege_tables [mysql_root_password]

Or something.  It now becomes obvious, which is a good thing in a
manpage.  (And you get to keep the manpage free of exclamation points!,
which is also a good thing.)

How to repeat:

Fixed.

Regards,
Jani