mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu writes:
>> I don't think mysql-server uses that directory.  The pid file
>> is stored in /var/mysql.

>actually, I have to disagree with that.  I build mysql-server from pkgsrc
>(of a few days ago) and when I started it with
>'/usr/pkg/share/mysql/mysql.server start', I got an error in
>/var/mysql/my-machine-name.err that said:

Oh, I forgot that I was using a slightly changed mysql.server script in
pkg/etc/rc.d. :-)


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