MySQL server startup error ‘The server quit without updating PID file’

On Mac OS X v10.6 (Snow Leopard), starting MySQL gives the following error:

The server quit without updating PID file

File my.cnf

[mysqld]
port            = 3306

socket          = /tmp/mysql.sock

skip-external-locking

key_buffer_size = 16K

pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

[mysqld_safe]

log-error=/var/log/mysqld.log pid-file=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

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