[debian-mysql] Bug#578041: mysql-server-core-5.1: mysql server does not start

[Joe]

Package: mysql-server-core-5.1
Version: 5.1.45-3
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


Mysqld fails to start after most recent upgrade, dated April 10th. 
Problem appears to be incorrect filename in /etc/init.d/mysql which 
checks existence of /usr/sbin/mysqld but invokes /usr/bin/mysqld_safe, 
which does not exist. Changing that name to /usr/sbin/mysqld appears to 
allow normal starting, but with errors. The source file 
/usr/share/mysql/debian-start.inc.sh which is referenced in 
/etc/mysql/debian-start does not exist, so the commands used in 
debian-start are not found. The mysql files under /etc all have old 
dates, though they agree with the April 10th contents of 
/usr/share/mysql-common/internal-use-only, in using incorrect or missing 
filenames.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-core-5.1 depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-6         Embedded GNU C Library: 
Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.3-7        GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.3-7          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-18         Wietse Venema's TCP 
wrappers libra
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

mysql-server-core-5.1 recommends no packages.

mysql-server-core-5.1 suggests no packages.

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Joe