If possible, and for testing purposes try starting the 4.1.3 server with the
options given on the command line. (datadir, pid, socket, port, etc...)
-Original Message-
From: sean c peters
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 8/12/04 6:37 PM
Subject: datadir specification, etc
I am 100% convinced
In my experience, where the my.cnf file is concerned, mysqld does not
care what you define for the value of the --datadir flag. The order of
precedence for locating my.cnf files is:
1) /etc/my.cnf
2) my.cnf in the COMPILED-IN DEFAULT datadir
3) .my.cnf in the user's $HOME
That
Which flag did you use to define the datadir for configure? --datadir
doesn't do the trick. --localstatedir does. Also, you might want to
consider setting --prefix as well.
--V
sean c peters wrote:
The problem is that i did build 4.1.3 florm a source distribution, and set the
datadir via
