[MDEV-36277] mariadb/client ignores ~/mariadb.cnf, always connects to /tmp/mysql.sock - Jira

I created a ~/mariadb.cnf file as per instructions in introduction as follows:

[client-server]

socket = /tmp/mariadb.sock

[mariadb]

datadir = /home/hani/mariadb-data

The mariadb process start successfully:

Version: '12.0.0-MariaDB-debug'  socket: '/tmp/mariadb.sock'  port: 3306  Source distribution

However, when i try to start the client, i get the following error:

ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)

It works when the socket path is /tmp/mysql.sock, no other path works.

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