[debian-mysql] Bug#571610: mysql-server-5.0: wait_timeout in /etc/mysql/my.cnf ignored

[Nick Hastings]

Package: mysql-server-5.0
Version: 5.0.84-1
Severity: normal

Setting the variable wait_timout (and possibly others )in /etc/mysql/my.cnf 
appears to be ignored by the mysqld startup scripts.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.112            add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]   1.5.28           Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-5         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbi-perl             1.609-1          Perl Database Interface (DBI)
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.3-2        GCC support library
ii  libmysqlclient15off     5.0.84-1         MySQL database client library
ii  libncurses5             5.7+20090803-2   shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5            5.2-6            GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.3-2          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-18         Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base                3.2-23           Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mysql-client-5.0        5.0.84-1         MySQL database client binaries
ii  mysql-common            5.1.43-1         MySQL database common files (e.g. 
ii  passwd                  1:4.1.4.2-1      change and administer password and
ii  perl                    5.10.1-11        Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  psmisc                  22.10-1          utilities that use the proc file s
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20090911cvs-2 simple mail user agent
ii  libhtml-template-p 2.9-1                 HTML::Template : A module for usin
ii  mailx              1:20081101-2          Transitional package for mailx ren

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.0 suggests:
pn  tinyca                        <none>     (no description available)

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