[Bug 241802] Re: mysql clients ignore port specification when connecting to "localhost"

[Derek Price]

Thanks for the link.  I added a comment to the MySQL not-a-bug.  I had
to agree with one of the previous posters that the current behavior is
quite insane.

It does sound like a work-around for at least some clients is to put
"protocol=tcp" in the [client] section of my.cnf (I confirmed that this
works for mysql & mysql-admin, but the mysql bug mentions that some PHP
clients won't notice that).  I think it would be much better to push
this upstream if the MySQL team regains its senses, but for now, maybe
adding that line to the Ubuntu my.cnf would be a good idea?  My feeling
is that it is better not to cause connection errors and let the
performance tuners figure out that they should specify the socket
protocol for connections to localhost.

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mysql clients ignore port specification when connecting to "localhost"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241802
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