[debian-mysql] Bug#585014: mysql-server: wait_timeout not being observed after security update

[Dan Poltawski]

Package: mysql-server
Version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny4
Severity: normal

In mysql.conf I have:

[mysqld]
wait_timeout = 3600

However, mysql does not appear to be respecting this since lenny4, and also not 
when using the set global syntax:

mysql> show variables like 'wait_timeout';
+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| wait_timeout  | 28800 | 
+---------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


mysql> set global wait_timeout = 30;      
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> show variables like 'wait_timeout';
+---------------+-------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+---------------+-------+
| wait_timeout  | 28800 | 
+---------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.4
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mysql-server depends on:
ii  mysql-server-5.0       5.0.51a-24+lenny4 MySQL database server binaries

mysql-server recommends no packages.

mysql-server suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/nis_warning:
* mysql-server/really_downgrade_from_41: true
  mysql-server/mysql_update_hints1:
  mysql-server/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server/postrm_remove_databases: false
* mysql-server/mysql_install_db_notes: