Test to output SHOW VARIABLES as part of travis run

.travis.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ before_install:
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE DATABASE evennia CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;"
   - mysql -u root -e "CREATE USER 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
   - mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL ON *.* TO 'evennia'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';"
+  - mysql -u root -e "SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name LIKE 'character\_set\_%' OR Variable_name LIKE 'collation%';"
 
 install:
   - pip install psycopg2-binary

.travis/mysql_settings.py

@@ -47,12 +47,14 @@ DATABASES = {
         'HOST': 'localhost',
         'PORT': '',  # use default port
         'OPTIONS': {
-            'read_default_file': '.travis/my.conf'
+            # 'read_default_file': '.travis/my.conf',
+            'charset': 'utf8mb4'
         },
         'TEST': {
             'NAME': 'default',
             'OPTIONS': {
-                'read_default_file': '.travis/my.conf'
+                # 'read_default_file': '.travis/my.conf'
+                'charset': 'utf8mb4'
             }
         }
     }