> On Sep 18, 2016, at 6:03 PM, John Fawcett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In order to get libmysqlclient to read the standard options file
> you have to specifically define the group name to read from that file
> for example "your_prog_name".
>
> mysql_options(&mysql,MYSQL_READ_DEFAULT_GROUP,"your_prog_name");
>
> This must be called prior to mysql_real_connect.
>
> When you specify this option, then the [client] section
> and the [your_prog_name] section of the default my.cnf file
> are read.
Care to post a patch for src/global/dict_mysql.c? Do you
think that the "prog_name" should be configurable? Perhaps
allowing different Postfix instances to run with different
settings? Or would a fixed name like "postfix" be better?
--
Viktor.
