--- scripts/safe_mysqld.sh.orig	Wed Oct  7 10:30:58 1998
+++ scripts/safe_mysqld.sh	Wed Oct 21 15:05:52 1998
@@ -12,33 +12,9 @@
 
 trap '' 1 2 3 15			# we shouldn't let anyone kill us
 
-# Check if we are starting this relative (for the binary release)
-if test -f ./data/mysql/db.frm -a -f ./share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys -a \
- -x ./bin/mysqld
-then
-  MY_BASEDIR_VERSION=`pwd`		# Where bin, share and data is
-  DATADIR=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/data	# Where the databases are
-  ledir=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/bin		# Where mysqld are
-# Check if this is a 'moved install directory'
-elif test -f ./var/mysql/db.frm -a -f ./share/mysql/english/errmsg.sys -a \
- -x ./libexec/mysqld
-then
-  MY_BASEDIR_VERSION=`pwd`		# Where libexec, share and var is
-  DATADIR=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/var	# Where the databases are
-  ledir=$MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/libexec	# Where mysqld are
-else
-  MY_BASEDIR_VERSION=@prefix@
-  DATADIR=@localstatedir@
-  ledir=@libexecdir@
-  if test ! -x $ledir/mysqld
-  then
-    echo "The file $ledir/mysqld doesn't exists or is not executable"
-    echo "Please do a cd to the mysql installation directory and restart"
-    echo "this scrift from there as follows:"
-    echo "./bin/safe_mysqld".
-    exit 1;
-  fi
-fi
+MY_BASEDIR_VERSION=@prefix@
+DATADIR=@localstatedir@
+ledir=@libexecdir@
 
 pidfile=$DATADIR/`@HOSTNAME@`.pid
 log=$DATADIR/`@HOSTNAME@`.log
@@ -103,33 +79,6 @@
   if test ! -f $pidfile			# This is removed if normal shutdown
   then
     break;
-  fi
-  if @IS_LINUX@
-  then
-    # Test if one proces was hanging.
-    # This is only a fix for Linux (running as base 3 mysqld processes)
-    # but should work for the rest of the servers.
-    # The only thing is ps x => redhat 5 gives warnings when using ps -x.
-    # kill -9 is used or the proces won't react on the kill.
-    numofproces=`ps x | grep -v "grep" | grep -c $ledir/mysqld`
-    echo -e "\nNumber of processes running now: $numofproces" | tee -a $err
-    I=1
-    while test "$I" -le "$numofproces"
-    do 
-      PROC=`ps x | grep $ledir/mysqld | grep -v "grep" | tail -1` 
-	for T in $PROC
-	do
-	  break
-	done
-	#    echo "TEST $I - $T **"
-	if kill -9 $T
-	then
-	  echo "mysqld proces hanging, pid $T - killed" | tee -a $err
-	else 
-	  break
-	fi
-	I=`expr $I + 1`
-    done
   fi
   echo "mysqld restarted on " `date` | tee -a $err
 done