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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-22982

Client --help options break when configuration files contain unknown options

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    • Bug
    • Status: Open (View Workflow)
    • Major
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5
    • 10.4, 10.5
    • Scripts & Clients
    • None

    Description

      If a configuration file contains unknown options, and if you run a client with the --help option, then it will fail. For example:

      $ sudo tee /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/bad_option.cnf <<EOF
      		 
      [mysql]
      		 
      bad_option=1
      		 
      EOF
      		 
      $ mysql --help
      		 
      mysql: unknown variable 'bad_option=1'

      It seems like overkill to make --help fail in this scenario. I think --help should always succeed.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. MDEV-22981 Bad "default-character-set" option in [client] option group 50-client.cnf on Debian/Ubuntu

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              sanja Oleksandr Byelkin
              GeoffMontee Geoff Montee (Inactive)
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