Fix for bz#143724.

mysql.init

@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ start(){
 	fi
 	chown -R mysql:mysql "$datadir"
 	chmod 0755 "$datadir"
-	/usr/bin/mysqld_safe  --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+	# The reason for explicitly specifying --pid-file is that there may
+	# be no such entry in my.cnf, and the default behavior will be to not
+	# create it at all...
+	/usr/bin/mysqld_safe  --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --pid-file="$mypidfile" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 	ret=$?
 	# Spin for a maximum of N seconds waiting for the server to come up.
 	# Rather than assuming we know a valid username, accept an "access

mysql.spec

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: mysql
 Version: 4.1.7
-Release: 9
+Release: 10
 Source0: http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: mysql.init
 Source2: mysql.logrotate
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@ fi
 %{_datadir}/sql-bench
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Jan 12 2005 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 4.1.7-10
+- Don't assume /etc/my.cnf will specify pid-file (bz#143724)
+
 * Wed Jan 12 2005 Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> 4.1.7-9
 - Rebuilt for new readline.
 
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ fi
 - Enable SSL (bz#142032)
 
 * Thu Dec  2 2004 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 4.1.7-5
-- Add a restorecon to keep the mysql.log file in the right context
+- Add a restorecon to keep the mysql.log file in the right context (bz#143887)
 
 * Tue Nov 23 2004 Tom Lane <tgl@redhat.com> 4.1.7-4
 - Turn off old_passwords in default /etc/my.cnf file, for better compatibility