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From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: mysql 5.1.21 config file location problem...
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 01:50:26PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> I recently upgraded to 5.1.21 and received the following message:
>
> 070929 06:48:41 mysqld_safe WARNING: Found /var/db/mysql/my.cnf
> The data directory is a deprecated location for my.cnf, please move it to
> /usr/local/my.cnf
>
> FreeBSD configuration files are located in /usr/local/etc thus mysql should 
> be looking the file at /usr/local/etc/my.cnf
>
> Perhaps there is a mistake somewhere?

Or you could do what I do: keep your my.cnf in your mysql data directory
(e.g. rc.conf variable `mysql_dbdir', default is /var/db/mysql) and not
worry about it.

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