[CentOS] OFF Topic: mysql installation problem

[Michael A. Peters]

Jeff Larsen wrote:

> 
> Uhh... locate is not exactly real time. Depends on updatedb which is
> daily by cron if at all. Though it will warn if the database is over 8
> days old...

True - but that doesn't explain why my.cnf is missing when the rpm 
installs it, or why mysql databases show up in locate but don't show up 
in ls. Upgrading MySQL would not have nuked them.