MySQL Bugs: #5751: Windows server will report successful start even though it does not

Bug #5751	Windows server will report successful start even though it does not
Submitted:	26 Sep 2004 10:19	Modified:	4 Oct 2004 11:33
Reporter:	Mike Hillyer	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Installing	Severity:	S2 (Serious)
Version:	4.1.5	OS:	Windows (Windows XP SP2)
Assigned to:	Michael G. Zinner	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
On Windows (if the server is installed as a Windows Service) and the service is started with some invalid .cnf file (a service already running on the same port, ...), the service reports that it started correctly but then shuts down after 0.5 seconds. 

This affects the new Install and Configuration wizards, because the wizard gets a successful start message from the server and reports to the end user that the server is successfully started, but then shuts down because of a problem with the configuration file.

How to repeat:
Start the server with an invalid config file, monitor the service status.

Suggested fix:
Do not report successful service start until the config file is parsed and the server is actually started.

Cleaning Title

Actually, the bug is in the Installer, so I'm reassigning it

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