Bug #69408 mysqldump --help doesn't report protocol setting

• Submitted: 5 Jun 2013 17:58
• Modified: 6 Jun 2013 6:36
• Reporter: Baron Schwartz (Basic Quality Contributor)
• Status: Verified
• Category: MySQL Server: mysqldump Command-line Client
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: Ver 10.13 Distrib 5.6.9-rc
• OS: Linux
• CPU Architecture: Any

[5 Jun 2013 17:58] Baron Schwartz

Description:
The program doesn't show the current setting for the protocol option.

$ mysqldump --version
mysqldump  Ver 10.13 Distrib 5.6.9-rc, for linux-glibc2.5 (x86_64)

How to repeat:
mysqldump --help. I see something like this:

no-create-info                    FALSE
no-data                           FALSE
order-by-primary                  FALSE
port                              0
quick                             TRUE
quote-names                       TRUE
replace                           FALSE
routines                          FALSE

I see --protocol listed as an option, but I don't see its current value.

[6 Jun 2013 6:36] MySQL Verification Team

Hello Baron,

Thank you for the report.
Verified as described.

// 5.5.32
[ushastry@cluster-repo mysql-5.5.32]$ bin/mysqldump --version
mysqldump  Ver 10.13 Distrib 5.5.32, for linux2.6 (x86_64)

[ushastry@cluster-repo mysql-5.5.32]$ bin/mysqldump --help |grep -i protocol

// options

  -C, --compress      Use compression in server/client protocol.
  --protocol=name     The protocol to use for connection (tcp, socket, pipe,

// 5.6.12
[ushastry@ushastry mysql-5.6.12-release]$ bin/mysqld
mysqld         mysqld_multi   mysqld_safe    mysqldump      mysqldumpslow  

[ushastry@ushastry mysql-5.6.12-release]$ bin/mysqldump --version
mysqldump  Ver 10.13 Distrib 5.6.12, for Linux (x86_64)
[ushastry@ushastry mysql-5.6.12-release]$ bin/mysqldump --help
..
...

Yes, --protocol listed as an option, but I don't see its current/default etc value listed.

Thanks,
Umesh