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Phoenix/0.5

Description of problem:
If the datadir for mysql is changed in /etc/my.cnf the new datadir is ignored
because it is overriden by the the datadir defined in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld.
If I change the datadir in /etc/my.cnf when I restart mysqld it should use the
new datadir, but the command that is generated by the script overrides the
option that I define in /etc/my.cnf.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.create a directory /mysql
2.cp -R /var/lib/mysql/ /mysql
3.chown -R mysql:mysql /mysql
4.edit /etc/my.cnf to use the /mysql for datadir
5.restart mysqld

Actual Results:  /sbin/service mysqld status
returns: mysqld dead but subsys locked


Expected Results:  mysql should be running and should be using /mysql for the
datadir

Additional info:

if the variable datadir in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld is changed to be /mysql then
it will work, but I shouldn't have to change this. It should  just use what I
defined in the config file.