MySQL Bugs: #39082: Some mysqld parameters should be able to take a value

Bug #39082	Some mysqld parameters should be able to take a value
Submitted:	27 Aug 2008 23:41	Modified:	27 Aug 2008 23:52
Reporter:	Lachlan Mulcahy	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: General	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	Any	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
Some parameters to mysqld such as skip-locking and skip-networking may not take a value in the MySQL option file.

This can cause problems with many .ini generation toolkits, as they expect all parameters to be paired with a value of some kind.

How to repeat:
add skip-locking=1 to your my.cnf / my.ini file and start the server
observe the error:

 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: option '--skip-locking' cannot take an argument

Suggested fix:
Allow options such as skip-networking / skip-locking, etc. to take a value. 

eg. 

skip-locking=1

Perhaps any value other than 0 is treated as enabling the option. 0 is treated as disabling it.