I read this: * MySQL MY_DATADIR is /var/lib/mysql * Previous datadir found, it's YOUR job to change * ownership and take care of it And I'm wondering if /var/lib/mysql is ok, what is the previous datadir and what it should be, and what is the right ownership. MySQL is working and I searched for other datadir but I didn't find it.
This warning is intended and far from useless. It informs you that "YOUR job to change ownership and take care of it" and the ebuild won't touch the permissions or anything else in that dir, so if you permissions are incorrect e.g., they won't get fixed.
But it should at least show a link informing how to update the datadir and fix its permissions. I've never touched these configurations and I have no idea why I'm getting this message. But you wrote: "'if' you permissions are incorrect". Does it mean that my config can be right and it's just a message that everybody see regardless their configuration?
(In reply to comment #2) > I've never touched these configurations and I have no idea why I'm getting this > message. Because the directory already exists, so the message tells you the ebuild won't touch it. What's exactly so unclear about this?
Ok, I understand now. But the message made me think my configuration was wrong and that I had to change the datadir and its ownership. Maybe a simpler message wouldn't frighten anybody, like: "MySQL MY_DATADIR already found in /var/lib/mysql. I won't build a new one." Thank you.
Sounds good...
changed in CVS.
