Applied some changes to the mysql.server init script that are already shipped...

Applied some changes to the mysql.server init script that are already shipped as an additional patch
in the 4.1.10a RPMs for SLES9/RHEL3:

- small improvement: use LSB functions to display startup success and failure, if available.
  Fall back to more primitive builtin functions otherwise.
- joined two pieces of code performing the same functionality into one "wait_for_pid" function
- added a "reload" function (LSB requirement)

support-files/mysql.server.sh

@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ else
   bindir="$basedir/bin"
 fi
 
+#
+# Use LSB init script functions for printing messages, if possible
+#
+lsb_functions="/lib/lsb/init-functions"
+if test -f $lsb_functions ; then
+  source $lsb_functions
+else
+  alias log_success_msg="echo \ SUCCESS! "
+  alias log_failure_msg="echo \ ERROR! "
+fi
+
 PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:$basedir/bin
 export PATH
 
@@ -75,6 +86,20 @@ parse_arguments() {
   done
 }
 
+wait_for_pid () {
+  for((i=0; i<35; i++)); do
+    sleep 1
+    test -s $pid_file && i='' && break
+    echo $echo_n ".$echo_c"
+  done
+
+  if test -z "$i" ; then
+    log_success_msg
+  else
+    log_failure_msg
+  fi
+}
+
 # Get arguments from the my.cnf file,
 # groups [mysqld] [mysql_server] and [mysql.server]
 if test -x ./bin/my_print_defaults
@@ -151,14 +176,17 @@ case "$mode" in
     then
       # Give extra arguments to mysqld with the my.cnf file. This script may
       # be overwritten at next upgrade.
+      echo $echo_n "Starting MySQL"
       $bindir/mysqld_safe --datadir=$datadir --pid-file=$pid_file >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+      wait_for_pid
+      
       # Make lock for RedHat / SuSE
       if test -w /var/lock/subsys
       then
         touch /var/lock/subsys/mysql
       fi
     else
-      echo "Can't execute $bindir/mysqld_safe from dir $basedir"
+      log_failure_msg "Can't execute $bindir/mysqld_safe"
     fi
     ;;
 
@@ -168,29 +196,18 @@ case "$mode" in
     if test -s "$pid_file"
     then
       mysqld_pid=`cat $pid_file`
-      echo "Killing mysqld with pid $mysqld_pid"
+      echo $echo_n "Shutting down MySQL"
       kill $mysqld_pid
       # mysqld should remove the pid_file when it exits, so wait for it.
+      wait_for_pid
 
-      sleep 1
-      while [ -s $pid_file -a "$flags" != aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ]
-      do
-	[ -z "$flags" ] && echo $echo_n "Wait for mysqld to exit$echo_c" || echo $echo_n ".$echo_c"
-        flags=a$flags
-        sleep 1
-      done
-      if [ -s $pid_file ]
-         then echo " gave up waiting!"
-      elif [ -n "$flags" ]
-         then echo " done"
-      fi
       # delete lock for RedHat / SuSE
       if test -f /var/lock/subsys/mysql
       then
         rm -f /var/lock/subsys/mysql
       fi
     else
-      echo "No mysqld pid file found. Looked for $pid_file."
+      log_failure_msg "MySQL PID file could not be found!"
     fi
     ;;
 
@@ -199,11 +216,21 @@ case "$mode" in
     # running or not, start it again.
     $0 stop
     $0 start
-		;;
+  ;;
+
+  'reload')
+    if test -s "$pid_file" ; then
+      mysqld_pid=`cat $pid_file`
+      kill -HUP $mysqld_pid && log_success_msg "Reloading service MySQL"
+      touch $pid_file
+    else
+      log_failure_msg "MySQL PID file could not be found!"
+    fi
+  ;;
 
   *)
     # usage
-    echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart"
+    echo "Usage: $0 start|stop|restart|reload"
     exit 1
     ;;
 esac