/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld hardcodes datadir - mysql won't load

[Mark Mielke]

I have my datadir on a dedicated mysql partition. Every time I update mysql,
I have to change /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld to point to my datadir.

Shouldn't it grab datadir from /etc/my.cnf? Why does it hardcode it? Was it
just easier that way?

The symptom is that it tries to 'Initializing MySQL database: ', and then
fails, because /usr/bin/mysql_install_db honours /etc/my.cnf and is able
to determine (I guess?) that there is nothing to do. When init.d/mysqld
continues, $datadir still doesn't exist...

Cheers,
mark

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