There are some options very usefull that we want to use to start mysql. for example, one of the big problems now that the <4.1 and the 4.1 or better version have different passwd management structure, we need to have the possibility to start the server with --old-password. Something like /etc/conf.d/apache2 can be the right solution. Thanks, Denix Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install a mysql server 4.1 on a machine 2. connect to that server with a mysql client 4.0 3. enjoy :) Actual Results: you got a mysql system error Expected Results: log in lovely
May be it will be added in a future, but to manage slotted/chrooted version of mysql. "old-password" password and mostly all other server startup option may be added to /etc/mysql/my.cnf file (under the [mysqld] section). cheers, Francesco R.
BTW in 5.0.16 there is ;-)