LP #1247677: --recursion-method documentation or behaviour incorrect

**Reported in Launchpad by Jaime Crespo last update 16-11-2014 04:33:23

Working with 2 instances on the same machine, ports 3307 and 3308, both non-standard.

1. pt-table-checksum --version
   pt-table-checksum 2.2.5
2. pt-table-checksum --defaults-file=master/my.cnf
   Diffs cannot be detected because no slaves were found. Please read the --recursion-method documentation for information.
3. pt-table-checksum --defaults-file=master/my.cnf --recursion-method=hosts
   (slave is detected)

According to the docs:
"The processlist method is the default, because SHOW SLAVE HOSTS is not reliable. However, if the server uses a non-standard port (not 3306), then the hosts method becomes the default because it works better in this case."

Probably both the docs AND the behaviour should be changed -try hosts every time show processlist fails?. Maybe pt-table-sync is also affected?

Sample slave my.cnf (I have a non-standard port and report-host -hosts doesn't work without it. Master is similar, running in 3307):
[mysqld]
datadir = /usr/local/slave
tmpdir = /usr/local/slave
port = 3308
user = mysql
bind-address = 127.0.0.1
report-host = 127.0.0.1
socket = /usr/local/slave/mysql.sock
pid-file = /usr/local/slave/mysql.pid
#log-bin = /usr/local/slave/binlog
#binlog_format = ROW
relay-log = /usr/local/slave/relay
slow-query-log
slow-query-log-file = /usr/local/slave/slow.log
long-query-time = 1
log-error = /usr/local/slave/error.log
server-id = 2
skip-slave-start
skip-name-resolve

#innodb settings
innodb-file-per-table
innodb-log-file-size = 500M
innodb-buffer-pool-size = 5G
innodb-flush-log-at-trx-commit = 2

[client]
user = root
host = localhost
port = 3308
socket = /usr/local/slave/mysql.sock

[mysql]
prompt = "\[email protected] (\d)> "