We have, for security hardening reasons, changed upstream sources to never

create the test database in 5.7. This patch is a backport from 5.7.

The patch in Fedora is the same that we apply in our own repos. Debian and

Ubuntu are also skipping creation of the test database, so we're trying

to align across distros in this issue.

diff --git a/scripts/mysql_install_db.pl.in b/scripts/mysql_install_db.pl.in

index 1fa5164..4aa49ca 100644

--- a/scripts/mysql_install_db.pl.in

+++ b/scripts/mysql_install_db.pl.in

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ EOF2

   print <

   --rpm                For internal use.  This option is used by RPM files

                        during the MySQL installation process.

+                       Implies --keep-my-cnf option.

   --skip-name-resolve  Use IP addresses rather than hostnames when creating

                        grant table entries.  This option can be useful if

                        your DNS does not work.

@@ -439,7 +440,7 @@ if ( $opt->{srcdir} and $opt->{basedir} )

 {

   error($opt,"Specify either --basedir or --srcdir, not both");

 }

-if ( $opt->{'keep-my-cnf'} )

+if ( $opt->{rpm} || $opt->{'keep-my-cnf'} )

 {

   $keep_my_cnf = 1;

 }

@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@ if ( $opt->{'skip-name-resolve'} and $resolved and $resolved =~ /\s/ )

 }

 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-# Create database directories mysql & test

+# Create database directory mysql

 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------

 # FIXME The shell variant uses "mkdir -p":

@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ if ($opt_user)

   }

 }

-foreach my $dir ( $opt->{ldata}, "$opt->{ldata}/mysql", "$opt->{ldata}/test" )

+foreach my $dir ( $opt->{ldata}, "$opt->{ldata}/mysql")

 {

   mkdir($dir, 0700) unless -d $dir;

   if ($opt_user and -w "/")