This is fixed for lucid in mysql 5.1.
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged = Fix Released
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mysql clients ignore port specification when connecting to localhost
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241802
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** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Medium
Status: New = Triaged
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mysql clients ignore port specification when connecting to localhost
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241802
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Server Team,
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=31577
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mysql clients ignore port specification when connecting to localhost
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241802
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Thanks for the link. I added a comment to the MySQL not-a-bug. I had
to agree with one of the previous posters that the current behavior is
quite insane.
It does sound like a work-around for at least some clients is to put
protocol=tcp in the [client] section of my.cnf (I confirmed that this
