[MacPorts] #30678: mysql5 should not read /etc/my.cnf

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#30678: mysql5 should not read /etc/my.cnf
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 Reporter:  jeremyhu@…             |       Owner:  ryandesign@…           
     Type:  defect                 |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  Normal                 |   Milestone:                         
Component:  ports                  |     Version:  2.0.1                  
 Keywords:                         |        Port:  mysql5                 
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Comment(by jeremyhu@…):

 Replying to [comment:12 ryandesign@…]:
 > Are you saying that the file /etc/my.cnf was not created by you but was
 provided by Apple on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server?

 Correct

 > If so I can see how that would cause this problem now. But I had also
 understood that
 [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/02/apple_dumps_mysql_from_mac_os_x_server/
 Mac OS X Lion Server does not include MySQL anymore]. And of course Mac OS
 X client has never included MySQL. So I don't see how you're going to be
 able to migrate a Snow Leopard Server Apple MySQL setup to Lion Server
 anyway, without finding another way (like MacPorts) to install MySQL.

 Lion includes MySQL for in-place upgrades from SL Server to Lion Server,
 but it is an older version.  Erase installs of Lion Server do not have
 MySQL.

 > By "'claiming' /var/mysql" are you saying that MacPorts mysqld was
 creating its socket in that directory and keeping it open?

 Yes

 > That should only have happened if MacPorts mysqld was started. And if
 you started MacPorts mysqld

 I did not start it myself.  It was started by launchd because I had the
 mysql5-server port installed (as part of install testing as mentioned
 above) but not configured.

 > that's a good indication that you're actually using it for something,
 and that perhaps Apple's migration script was right in not trying to
 interfere with it.

 Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the launcdaemon was enabled by
 default as I never used it.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/30678#comment:13>
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