mysql service: change default data directory for 17.09

The new directory is now moved to /var/lib/mysql. This makes it consistent with
with upstream.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
index fcf1f123cfb5..bae6b170c472 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/mysql.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ in
 
       dataDir = mkOption {
         type = types.path;
-        default = "/var/mysql"; # !!! should be /var/db/mysql
+        example = "/var/lib/mysql";
         description = "Location where MySQL stores its table files";
       };
 
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.mysql.enable {
 
+    services.mysql.dataDir =
+      mkDefault (if versionAtLeast config.system.stateVersion "17.09" then "/var/lib/mysql"
+                 else "/var/mysql");
+
     users.extraUsers.mysql = {
       description = "MySQL server user";
       group = "mysql";