Bug #84171 Update mysql.server documentation for RHEL/CentOS 6

• Submitted: 13 Dec 2016 5:26
• Modified: 23 May 2017 14:25
• Reporter: monty solomon
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.7.16
• OS: CentOS (6.7)
• CPU Architecture: Any

[13 Dec 2016 5:26] monty solomon

Description:
The documentation states

MySQL distributions on Unix include a script named mysql.server, which starts the server using mysqld_safe.

Oracle MySQL distributions on RHEL/CentOS 7 do not include a script named mysql.server

The documentation subsequently states

Some vendors provide RPM packages that install a startup script under a different name such as mysqld.

but "Some vendors" implies vendors other than Oracle.

How to repeat:
Read the documentation at

5.3.3 mysql.server — MySQL Server Startup Script
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-server.html

# rpm -ql mysql-community-server-5.7.16-1.el6.x86_64 | grep mysqld
/etc/init.d/mysqld

# yum -q --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=mysql57-community provides */mysql.server | wc -l
0

Suggested fix:
Update the documentation to reflect that the script is called mysqld on Oracle MySQL distributions for RHEL/CentOS 6.

[13 Dec 2016 7:38] MySQL Verification Team

Hello Monty,

Thank you for the report.

Thanks,
Umesh

[23 May 2017 14:25] Paul DuBois

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly.