From: Dan Nelson
Date: October 31 2001 11:43pm
Subject: Re: Q about mysql_install_db under FreeBSD ports
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In the last episode (Oct 31), Atle Veka said:
> Is there any good reason for ``mysql_install_db'' to use the -s
> option to hostname instead of using FQDN? Every time I install mysql
> 3.23 out of ports, it fails running that script and I have to edit it
> manually and remove the -s option.
> 
> # grep "/bin/hostname" work/mysql-3.23.36/scripts/mysql_install_db
> hostname=`/bin/hostname -s`                # Install this too in the user
> table

What part of the script fails?  Our /bin/hostname supports the -s
option.  The reason is so you don't have to type the fqdn of the
hostname just to look at a logfile.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@stripped