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Description of problem:
When restarting MySQL daemon using '/etc/init.d/mysqld' or 'service mysqld restart', the message "Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL daemon" is displayed and restart fails.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mysql-4.1.14-1.FC4.1

How reproducible:
Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. service mysqld restart
  

Actual Results:  root@localhost ~# service mysqld restart
Stopping MySQL:                                            [  OK  ]
Timeout error occurred trying to start MySQL Daemon.
Starting MySQL:                                            [FAILED]

Expected Results:  root@localhost ~# service mysqld restart
Stopping MySQL:                                            [  OK  ]
Starting MySQL:                                            [  OK  ]

Additional info:

It appears the 'stop()' function in '/etc/init.d/mysqld' does not wait for MySQL daemon to stop. It sends a SIGTERM to the process and removes the lock file and the socket file immediately, even if the process is still shutting down.

Changing the 'stop()' function to:

stop(){
    MPID=`cat "$mypidfile" 2>/dev/null`
    /bin/kill `cat "$mypidfile"  2>/dev/null ` >/dev/null 2>&1
    ret=$?

    if [ -n "$MPID" ]; then
        while kill -0 $MPID 2>/dev/null; do
            sleep 1
        done
    fi

    if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
    ...
}