Bug #71783 mysqldump silently quits when it encounters an error.
Submitted: 20 Feb 2014 21:21 Modified: 21 Apr 2016 18:13
Reporter: Shane Bester (Platinum Quality Contributor) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: mysqldump Command-line Client Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.6.17, 5.7.4 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[20 Feb 2014 21:21] Shane Bester
Description:
mysqldump silently fails without any error message, and without completing a backup.  For example, --flush-logs causes server to return an error, you'll not get an indication of failure, just an empty backup.

How to repeat:
Read the code.  Assume mysql_refresh fails (it can, for various reasons).

if (flush_logs || opt_delete_master_logs)
{
    if (mysql_refresh(mysql, REFRESH_LOG))
      goto err;
   verbose_msg("-- main : logs flushed successfully!\n");
}
[21 Apr 2016 18:13] Paul DuBois
Posted by developer:
 
Noted in 5.6.31, 5.7.13 changelogs.

mysqldump failed silently with no error message when it encountered
an error while executing FLUSH LOGS.