Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:12:15 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 194305] databases/mariadb55-server (probably mysql too) ignores datadir directive in my.cnf Message-ID: <bug-194305-13-SH9GTVSeP4@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-194305-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-194305-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D194305 --- Comment #16 from MMacD <scratch65535@att.net> --- in rx to Markus I certainly agree that breaking anything would be A Very Bad Idea, but 99% = of the problem could be solved by again following the MariaDB/MySQL docs about= the datadir directive in my.cnf. Don't disallow what's allowed now, just re-en= able datadir in my.cnf. That keeps the problem solved for those who already know about /etc/rc.conf, and again solves the problem for those who read the MariaDB/MySQL docs. Then, a future MariaDB/MySQL port (maybe the next one?) could prominently announce in the ephemera at the end of the install that, while the db files used to be in /var/db/mysql, they can now be found in /var/lib/mysql *AND* = that the datadir directive in my.cfg should be set if a different location is desired. Then the /etc/rc.conf kludge etc. could be allowed to decay naturally. (Sys management has never been a job or a hobby, for me. The only boxes I'= ve ever managed are the ones at my own desk. Mostly VMS then, FreeBSD and Win= doze now. I've always worked in product dev: developer, dev boss, architect, program manager, so to me the box has always and only been a tool for getti= ng something else done, and consequently I've never had the time to be a "good admin" :-) ) --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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