Source: Timo Gurr Upstream: Reported, http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=79229 Reason: Fix starting mysqld via the provided systemd service file diff -Naur mysql-5.7.9/scripts/systemd/mysqld.service.in mysql-5.7.9.new/scripts/systemd/mysqld.service.in --- mysql-5.7.9/scripts/systemd/mysqld.service.in 2015-10-12 08:21:33.000000000 +0200 +++ mysql-5.7.9.new/scripts/systemd/mysqld.service.in 2015-11-11 15:06:10.662347519 +0100 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ExecStartPre=@bindir@/mysqld_pre_systemd # Start main service -ExecStart=@libexecdir@/mysqld --daemonize $MYSQLD_OPTS +ExecStart=@libexecdir@/mysqld --daemonize --pid-file=@SYSTEMD_PID_DIR@/mysqld.pid $MYSQLD_OPTS # Use this to switch malloc implementation EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/mysql