Starting MySQL fails because of wrong basename command in the init script and unset pid_file and datadir Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =dev-db/mysql-4.0.24-r1 2. /etc/init.d/mysql start Actual Results: It didn't start but the initscript reported "basename: too few arguments" Expected Results: MySQL should start ;)
Created attachment 53363 [details, diff] init.d patch This patch is not perfect, but it seems to work.
duplicate bug, please search better in future. search terms: 'ALL mysql' *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 85095 ***