MySQL Bugs: #58314: (regression) agent inst. 2.3.1.2039 on OSX shows a wrong default in --help msg

Bug #58314	(regression) agent inst. 2.3.1.2039 on OSX shows a wrong default in --help msg
Submitted:	19 Nov 2010 8:11	Modified:	27 Jan 2011 22:27
Reporter:	Carsten Segieth	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Enterprise Monitor: Installing	Severity:	S1 (Critical)
Version:	2.3.1.2039	OS:	MacOS
Assigned to:	BitRock Merlin	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
New with 2.3.1.2039, the shown default for "--servicename" in the OSX help text has changed (win32, gtk, xwin not affected):

 --servicename <servicename>    Service Name
                                Default: mysql.monitor.agent

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<                                 Default: mysql-monitor-agent
---
>                                 Default: mysql.monitor.agent

How to repeat:
compare --help text with saved reference from older build

Hi,

This is the correct approach. To install a service on OS X it is necessary to create a property wich follow this name convention. You can check similar plist files in the "/Libraries/LaunchDaemons" or "/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration" folders. For instance:

com.apple.Boot.plist
com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
com.apple.TimeMachine.plist

The installer creates the "mysql.monitor.agent" service and it writes the "mysql.monitor.agent.plist" file by default. If you want to install a second instance you should specify a different service name, for example "mysql.monitor.agent2". In this case the installer will create the "mysql.monitor.agent2.plist" file.

I'm not a MacOSX guru, so if this turns out to be a permanent change we may use this bug for tracking the then needed QA test file changes and the (perhaps) needed doc changes.

Anyway, it was a surprising change to me which really looked to me like a bug and not like a "new feature".

Andy Bang writes: 
In build 2.3.1.2039.

Carsten Segieth writes: 
- new ("correct") value now used in reference file

Distinguished the default agent name by platform, and also specified /Library/LaunchDaemons as the autostart location for OS X. (The relevant text/option for this second part was only in the 2.2 and 2.3 manuals, not earlier.)