If you upgraded MySQL to v5.x, you might find that MySQL won't start. In this case, make sure that you comment out or remove the basedir directive from /PATH_TO/my.cnf file:

[mysql.server]
ser=mysql
#basedir=/var/lib

Then, restart MySQL.

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