Bug 21996 – init.d script for mysqld is broken for mysql version 4.0.13

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Simon Watson 2003-05-31 07:40:29 UTC]

The init.d script installed with mysqld version 4 points to the wrong executable
for starting the daemon.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge /usr/portage/dev-db/mysql/mysql-4.0.13.ebuild
2. attempt to start the daemon using /etc/init.d/mysql start
Actual Results:  
Reported that the mysqld could not be connected to via /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

Expected Results:  
started the mysql daemon

[Comment 1 Simon Watson 2003-05-31 07:41:24 UTC]

This can be fixed by editting the line in /etc/init.d/mysql reading:

start() {        checkconfig || return 1        ebegin "Starting mysqld"        /usr/bin/safe_mysqld >/dev/null 2>&1 &        eend $?}

to:
 start() {        checkconfig || return 1        ebegin "Starting mysqld"        /usr/bin/mysqld_safe >/dev/null 2>&1 &        eend $?}

[Comment 2 Robin Johnson 2003-05-31 15:29:31 UTC]

You failed to run etc-update and update the init.d file.

[Comment 3 Phil Clarke 2003-06-05 23:42:12 UTC]

etc-update was run after the emerge, and I selected the option to auto change all needed files automatically.

[Comment 4 Adam Nowotny 2004-12-02 16:40:21 UTC]

I had the same problem after emerge.
It turned out, that there was no /var/run/mysqld directory.
I created it...but then "permission denied" while trying to open unix socket.
"chown mysql.mysql /var/run/mysqld" fixed it :]