[debian-mysql] Bug#512040: Bug#512040: conditional (re-)start of mysqld in postinst script

[Mathias Gug]

Hi,

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 06:09:59PM +0100, Raoul Bhatia [IPAX] wrote:
> unfortunatly, in a more complex environment where one does not rely on
> /etc/mysql/* for configuration (e.g. in an linux-ha/pacemaker
> environment), the start is likely to fail thus leaving the package - and
> thus the whole package system - in the "Failed-cfg"-state:
[...]
> Is it possible to make the mysqld start optional - e.g. preinst checks
> if mysqld is/was running and "tell" postinst what to (not) start?
> 
> Or maybe it is possilbe to continue even if the mysqld start fails?

On a related note there was a request [1] from a Kubuntu developer about
splitting the mysql-server package into two packages: one that would
provide the mysqld binary (ex: mysql-server-common-5.0) and one that
would provide the init script (ex: mysql-server-5.0).

Samba and apache2 are two packages that provide such an infrastructure.
Having a mysql-server-common-5.0 package would solve the problem stated
above.

[1]:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2009-January/002569.html

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Mathias Gug
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