Excerpts from Craig Sanders's message of 2016-10-26 15:22:27 +1100: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 04:43:53AM +0200, Clint Byrum wrote: > > > [ using /dev/tcp in bash ] > > > > That seems like a gross oversimplification of what works extremely well > > today. mysqladmin actually understands mysql's protocol, and can verify > > that it is up and fully functional. Listening doesn't mean responding, > > or ready for clients. > > wow. you spotted that a grossly simple substitute was a gross > over-simplification. nobody can accuse you of being unobservant. > > > One would hope mariadb's client package provides a similar thing, and > > maybe we could just depend on the virtual package. > > if mariadb's client can serve in place of mysql's then of course > it makes sense to use whichever one is available. > > > did you have anything actually useful - and preferably not completely > obvious - to add, or are you just mouthing off because you can?
Thanks for reminding me that the internet is full of useless people. Good luck getting help.