FTR ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Andreas Ulm" <andreas....@unister.de> To: "Ignace Mouzannar" <ignace.mouzan...@enovance.com> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:34:25 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: [mytop] can't use Config:IniFiles for my.cnf
Hi, On 26.01.2012 02:20 02:20, Ignace Mouzannar wrote: > On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:48 +0200, Andreas Ulm wrote: >> >> (snip) >> >> >> Hi, >> >> because of the usage of Config::IniFiles you can't use all >> parameters >> which can be set in my.cnf. >> >> If you e.g. use "skip-external-locking" the CPAN Config::IniFiles >> can't open the file because it is a mal-formed ini-file because >> ini-files use the format "parameter = value". >> >> You can reproduce it by setting this parameter which is default in >> "/etc/mysql/my.cnf". >> Then call mytop. > > Hello Andreas, > > I am unable to reproduce this bug. It seems that > libconfig-inifiles-perl > is able to read the my.cnf file even if some variables are not set in > a > "parameter = value" fashion: > ---- (snip) > > Do you still have the exact error or scenario for me to reproduce it? you can reproduce it if you cp /etc/mysql/my.cnf to ~/.my.cnf. Then run mytop and you'll get: "my" variable $up_width masks earlier declaration in same scope at /usr/bin/mytop line 864. Can't call method "Parameters" on an undefined value at /usr/bin/mytop line 136. After checking the sources of mytop I found that /etc/mysql/my.cnf isn't loaded. > The package has been flagged to be removed from testing because of > this > pending RC bug [1]; it would be nice if we could prevent this from > happening. ;) Right, wouldn't be nice if it is dropped. :D > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > Ignace M > (snip) -- Andreas Ulm Systemadministration Unister GmbH Barfußgässchen 11 | 04109 Leipzig Telefon: +49 (0)341 65050 24535 andreas....@unister.de www.unister.de [1] Unister im Netz: [2] [3] [4] Vertretungsberechtigter Geschäftsführer: Thomas Wagner Amtsgericht Leipzig, HRB: 19056 Links: ------ [1] http://www.unister.de [2] http://www.facebook.com/unistergruppe [3] http://twitter.com/unister [4] https://www.xing.com/companies/unistergmbh/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
