/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld hardcodes datadir - mysql won't load

[Mark Mielke]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 10:04:44PM -0600, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Mark Mielke <mark at mark.mielke.cc> said:
> > The symptom is that it tries to 'Initializing MySQL database: ', and then
> > fails, because /usr/bin/mysql_install_db honours /etc/my.cnf and is able
> > to determine (I guess?) that there is nothing to do. When init.d/mysqld
> > continues, $datadir still doesn't exist...
> Since the "initializing MySQL database" is something that only has to be
> done once, just let it do it in the default place and then leave that
> directory alone.  The init script thinks the database is initialized,
> you change /etc/my.cnf to point to your real database, and you don't
> have to edit anything going forward.

I wasn't looking for a work around. I'm looking to see if there is
interest in fixing it before Fedora Core is released... :-)

mark

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