Deprecate $MYSQL_UNIX_PORT environment variable#1720
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No correctness or security bugs stood out in the patch itself. I couldn’t run tests locally here because |
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in favor of $MYSQL_UNIX_SOCKET. We can do this pretty freely since the feature was not documented. Motivation: a Unix Domain Socket is not a TCP/IP Port, though both are available on Unix and Unix-likes. The variable name was very confusing.
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Deprecate
$MYSQL_UNIX_PORTenvironment variable in favor of$MYSQL_UNIX_SOCKET. We can do this pretty freely since the feature was not documented.Motivation: a Unix Domain Socket is not a TCP/IP Port, though both are available on Unix and Unix-likes. The variable name was very confusing.
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changelog.mdfile.AUTHORSfile (or it's already there).