On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 11:32:19AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > > 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
:-) I never used that "feature" so was never bitten by it. Anyway, Apache HTTP server seems to do it the right way, doesn't it? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Honza Pazdziora | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.fi.muni.cz/~adelton/ .project: Perl, mod_perl, DBI, Oracle, large Web systems, XML/XSL, ... Only self-confident people can be simple. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings