Bug #58633 options after -- are processed incorrectly

• Submitted: 1 Dec 2010 14:08
• Modified: 20 Dec 2010 14:20
• Reporter: Sergei Golubchik
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.1
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[1 Dec 2010 14:08] Sergei Golubchik

Description:
options after -- are processed by mysqld incorrectly

How to repeat:
% mysqld -- foo
mysqld: Too many arguments (first extra is 'foo').
Use --verbose --help to get a list of available options
% mysqld -- foo --help
mysqld: unknown option '--help'

[1 Dec 2010 14:34] MySQL Verification Team

Thank you for the bug report. Verified as described.

[11 Dec 2013 10:14] Hartmut Holzgraefe

5.6.15 still affected