MySQL Bugs: #69190: Installation command sequence for 5.6 uses obsolete conf file

Bug #69190	Installation command sequence for 5.6 uses obsolete conf file
Submitted:	10 May 2013 8:25	Modified:	3 Jul 2013 14:24
Reporter:	Daniël van Eeden (OCA)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Documentation	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.6	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Paul DuBois	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
On http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/binary-installation.html the following line won't work anymore with 5.6

# Next command is optional
shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

The only conf file in support-files is my-default.cnf

How to repeat:
shell> cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf

Suggested fix:
Remove these 2 lines from the documentation. And maybe add some notes about which conf files are used (Bug #68807) and what is generated when and where.

Hello Daniel,

Thank you for the report.
Verified as described.

Thanks,
Umesh

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly, and will be included in the next release of the relevant products.

I removed the two lines and added this after the command sequence:

mysql_install_db creates a default option file named my.cnf in the
base installation directory. This file is created from a template
included in the distribution package named my-default.cnf. For more
information, see
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/server-default-configuration-file.html

Note: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/installing-source-distribution.html
had a similar issue, I modified it the same way. Thanks for pointing this out.