Bug #56259 Expose skip-slave-start in SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES output.
Submitted: 25 Aug 2010 15:35
Reporter: Roger David Nay Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Options Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version: OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[25 Aug 2010 15:35] Roger David Nay 
Description:
Please expose skip-slave-start in SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES output.

This enables us to see if the server was started with this option, even if a START SLAVE (or STOP SLAVE) has been done after startup to restart replication.

Currently many mysqld options are not visible in SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES and this can make it less clear exactly why the server is behaving the way it is. With the slave threads stopped it is not possible for me except by looking at the mysqld.log file to determine how the server was started. This option would make that absolutely clear.

How to repeat:
N/A

Suggested fix:
This variable would be read_only as it would not affect later slave behaviour, it would just signal whether or not the option was used on startup.