The usage of --defaults-file is undocumented in the man

[Simon Déziel]

The --defaults-file option of MySQL is not mentioned in the mysql(1) man page. Maybe this is because it's something specific to Debian and derivatives. In any case, this option is very useful and should be at least mentioned in the man page IMHO.

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

Which version are you using?

Regards
chuck

[Simon Déziel (sdeziel)]

@Chuck,

Completely forgot about this. I noticed this on Lucid but this is also affecting Natty.

Lucid:
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Release: 10.04

# apt-cache policy mysql-server-core-5.1
mysql-server-core-5.1:
  Installed: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10
  Candidate: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10
  Version table:
 *** 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid-security/main Packages
     5.1.41-3ubuntu12 0
        500 http://ubuntu.mirror.iweb.ca/ lucid/main Packages

Natty:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04

$ apt-cache policy mysql-server-core-5.1
mysql-server-core-5.1:
  Installed: 5.1.54-1ubuntu4
  Candidate: 5.1.54-1ubuntu4
  Version table:
 *** 5.1.54-1ubuntu4 0
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Simon Déziel (sdeziel)]

I have provided the information required by Chuck so I'm setting the status to new again. Let me know if other information is needed.

[Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar)]

Hi Simon, actually mysql.1 comes from upstream. This remains undocumented in that man page. It also isn't documented in the upstream manual:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-command-options.html

But it is referenced at the top as something that is shared among many utilities, and a link is here:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/option-files.html#option-file-options

So while this is not the most awesome reference, it is suggested in the "SEE ALSO" in the bottom of the man page.

I'm going to mark this as Confirmed / Low. This needs to be forwarded upstream, and ideally a new man page of mysql_defaults_options should be created and referenced from all the other man pages.

[Simon Déziel (sdeziel)]

This has long been fixed.