--- doc/loncapafiles/modify_config_files.piml	2004/08/23 19:07:26	1.2
+++ doc/loncapafiles/modify_config_files.piml	2004/08/23 19:48:48	1.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <!-- accesscount_seed.piml -->
 <!-- Matthew Hall -->
 
-<!-- $Id: modify_config_files.piml,v 1.2 2004/08/23 19:07:26 matthew Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: modify_config_files.piml,v 1.3 2004/08/23 19:48:48 matthew Exp $ -->
 
 <!--
 
@@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ http://www.lon-capa.org/
 
 print "\nUpdating yum and MySQL configuration files\n";
 system("/home/httpd/perl/modify_config_files.pl");
-print "**** WARNING: It may be neccessary to restart MySQL at this time.\n".
+my $returnvalue = $?>>8;
+if ($returnvalue == 1) {
+    ## the /etc/my.cnf file was modified.
+    print "**** WARNING: You need to restart MySQL at this time.\n".
         "    Use the command \"/etc/init.d/mysqld restart\"\n";
-
+}
 </perlscript>
 </file>
 </files>