Honza Pazdziora <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 10:31:44AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> It seems that MySQL *will* read /etc/my.cnf if it >> exists, whether it's appropriate or not, and so it's impossible to have >> a truly independent test installation, even though you can configure it >> to build/install into nonstandard directories. Let's not emulate that >> bit of brain damage.
> A counterexample of Apache shows that you can easily use -f or another > command line option to point the server to alternate master config > file (which I believe is the same with MySQL). According to http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Using_MySQL_Programs.html#Option_files /etc/my.cnf will be read if it exists, no matter what you say on the command line. So AFAICS the only way to make a private installation is to make sure that you have overridden each and every setting in /etc/my.cnf in a private config file that you do control. This is tedious and breakage-prone, of course. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
