[debian-mysql] Bug#516795: mysql-server-5.1: error logging goes to /var/lib/{hostname}.err

[Olivier Bonvalet]

Package: mysql-server-5.1
Version: 5.1.31-2
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

with Debian mysql-server-4.0, mysql-server-4.1, and mysql-server-5.0, error logging was going to syslog,
as said in my.cnf it's a "Debian improvement" ; and I love it. It's really usefull, combined with logcheck
for example.

But it's no more the case with current version of mysql-server-5.1. Or maybe something is wrong with my
recompiled package (I add the percona patch microslow and userstats) ?

Thanks,

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.6-dae-core2 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR at euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR at euro (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.110             add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.24            Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbi-perl            1.605-1           Perl5 database interface by Tim Bu
ii  libgcc1                1:4.3.2-1.1       GCC support library
ii  libmysqlclient16       5.1.31-2          MySQL database client library
ii  libstdc++6             4.3.2-1.1         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwrap0               7.6.q-16          Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
ii  lsb-base               3.2-20            Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii  mysql-client-5.1       5.1.31-2          MySQL database client binaries
ii  mysql-common           5.1.31-2          MySQL database common files (e.g. 
ii  passwd                 1:4.1.1-6         change and administer password and
ii  perl                   5.10.0-19         Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
ii  psmisc                 22.6-1            Utilities that use the proc filesy
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]  8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-3 A simple mail user agent
pn  libhtml-template-p <none>                (no description available)
ii  mailx              1:20071201-3          Transitional package for mailx ren

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 suggests:
pn  tinyca                        <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
  mysql-server/error_setting_password:
  mysql-server-5.1/nis_warning:
  mysql-server-5.1/really_downgrade: false
  mysql-server-5.1/no_upgrade_with_isam_tables:
  mysql-server-5.1/start_on_boot: true
  mysql-server-5.1/postrm_remove_databases: false
  mysql-server/password_mismatch: