[debian-mysql] Bug#676539: mysql-server-5.5: migration from /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld incomplete

[Greg Alexander]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.24+dfsg-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Upon upgrading to mysql-server-5.5, I find that /var/run/mysqld has been
needlessly renamed to /run/mysqld.

Pointless renaming is considered harmful!

You forgot to update a few things when you performed this pointless
operation.  /etc/mysql/debian.cnf continues to reference /var/run/mysqld.
The perl DBI package continues to reference /var/run/mysqld.

The need to enumerate the innumerable potential dependencies on the
mysqld socket location can be ameliorated through the use of symlinks.
Add this to the postrm file:
   ln -s /run/mysqld /var/run/mysqld

But in fact, you could have avoided this whole problem in the first
place by not pointlessly renaming /var/run to /run.

In the future, try not to break things for no reason.  We have symlinks
for a reason.  Any unix admin who needs /var/run to live in a special
location can achieve this effect using mount or ln already.  There is
no need to render every mysql-dependent configuration file suspect to
achieve this end.

If the person who decided to rename /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld
should happen to read this thread, I beg you to please consider swearing
off future contribution to open source projects.  You are simply not cool
enough for my club.

- Greg


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.22 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.102
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.40
ii  libc6                  2.13-10
ii  libdbi-perl            1.621-1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.6.1-4
ii  libstdc++6             4.6.1-4
ii  lsb-base               3.2-23
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.24+dfsg-2
ii  mysql-common           5.5.24+dfsg-2
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.24+dfsg-2
ii  passwd                 1:4.0.18.1-7
ii  perl                   5.14.2-11
ii  psmisc                 20.2-2.1
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.9-1
ii  mailx                  1:8.1.2-0.20020411cvs-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
pn  tinyca  <none>

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/root_password_again: (password omitted)
* mysql-server/root_password: (password omitted)
  mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server/password_mismatch:
  mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb: