MySQL 5.4 beta already hit freebsd ports and I eager to try it after read a lot of review.
Everyhing seem OK until I want to start the server.
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server restart
mysql not running? (check /var/db/mysql/proxy2.host.com.pid)
hmmm, perhaps I can try mysqld_safe
# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe &
[1] 87164
proxy2# WARNING: Found /var/db/mysql/my.cnf
Datadir is deprecated place for my.cnf, please move it [...]

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