MySQL Bugs: #40836: MySQL 5.1.30 fails to start on Windows -mysql-advanced-gpl-noinstall-5.1.30-win3

Bug #40836	MySQL 5.1.30 fails to start on Windows -mysql-advanced-gpl-noinstall-5.1.30-win3
Submitted:	19 Nov 2008 0:31	Modified:	19 Nov 2008 17:53
Reporter:	Chris Calender	Email Updates:
Status:	Not a Bug	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	mysql-advanced-gpl-noinstall-5.1.30-win3	OS:	Windows
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
I installed the following version on Windows:

mysql-advanced-gpl-noinstall-5.1.30-win32.zip

When I try to start it, it quickly fails, and will not start.

In the error log, I see:

Can't create IP socket: No such file or directory

After that, it aborts and shuts down:

081118 19:15:00 [ERROR] Aborting
081118 19:15:00  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
081118 19:15:02  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 0 46409
081118 19:15:02 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

Note that I am not using any socket variable in the my.ini file. 

Also, note that this appears to be a re-incarnation of the following bug:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=40270

How to repeat:
1. Download mysql-advanced-gpl-noinstall-5.1.30-win32.zip.

2. Extract.

3. Try to start mysqld.

4. Check error log.

Suggested fix:
N/A

I now see that other bug was caused from a bad download.  I'll have to re-download and see if the problem persists.

This bug is not a duplicate of bug #40270.

It is a new, separate bug.

I've not been able to reproduce this, and am quite certain this was due to an abberance on my local machine.

I've tried new downloads today and it's worked fine.

I also saved the entire 'mysql' directory (bins, fiels, etc) that caused this same error loast night, moved it back into place, and it worked without problems.

Thus, this had to be due to something weird on my end.