[#MDEV-21367] mysqld_safe log don't log to err.log

helper=`find_in_bin mysqld_safe_helper`

print_defaults=`find_in_bin my_print_defaults`

# Check if helper exists

$helper --help >/dev/null 2>&1 || helper=""

log_generic () {

  [ $dry_run -eq 1 ] && return

  priority="$1"

  shift

  msg="`date +'%y%m%d %H:%M:%S'` mysqld_safe $*"

  echo "$msg"

  case $logging in

    init) ;;  # Just echo the message, don't save it anywhere

    file)

      if [ -n "$helper" ]; then    ### would always be FALSE, don't log into err.log

        echo "$msg" | "$helper" "$user" log "$err_log"

fi

;;

    syslog) logger -t "$syslog_tag_mysqld_safe" -p "$priority" "$*" ;;

*)

      echo "Internal program error (non-fatal):" \

           " unknown logging method '$logging'" >&2

;;

  esac

anel@anel:~/mariadb/builds/RelWithDeb-10.2/usr/local/mysql$ PS4='$LINENO: ' && bash -x ./bin/mysqld_safe --defaults

564: command -v /home/anel/mariadb/builds/RelWithDeb-10.2/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe_helper --help

565: helper_exist=0

973: log_notice 'Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel'

175: log_generic daemon.notice 'Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel'

149: '[' 0 -eq 1 ']'

150: priority=daemon.notice

151: shift

1153: date '+%y%m%d %H:%M:%S'   # THIS IS WEIRD IN SHOWING THE NUMBER (bash)

153: msg='200306 14:59:37 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel'

154: echo '200306 14:59:37 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel'

200306 14:59:37 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel

155: case $logging in

158: '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'

159: echo '200306 14:59:37 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel'

159: /home/anel/mariadb/builds/RelWithDeb-10.2/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe_helper mysql log /home/anel/datadir-anel/mysqld_safe_anel.err

anel@anel:~/mariadb/builds/RelWithDeb-10.2/usr/local/mysql$ cat ~/datadir-anel/mysqld_safe_anel.err | grep mysqld_safe

200306 14:59:37 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /home/anel/datadir-anel

200306 15:01:42 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /home/anel/datadir-anel/anel.pid ended

[MDEV-21367] mysqld_safe log don't log to err.log Created: 2019-12-20 Updated: 2020-12-07 Resolved: 2020-12-07
Status:	Closed
Project:	MariaDB Server
Component/s:	Scripts & Clients, Server
Affects Version/s:	10.2.29, 10.3.20, 10.5.0, 10.4
Fix Version/s:	10.2.37, 10.3.28, 10.4.18, 10.5.9