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?
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