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

[Norbert Tretkowski]

Am Donnerstag, den 22.04.2010, 11:53 +0200 schrieb Julien Bernard:
> Le 22/04/2010 10:55, Norbert Tretkowski a écrit :
> > Am Donnerstag, den 22.04.2010, 10:13 +0200 schrieb Julien Bernard:
> >> I think this is a real packaging bug. mysql-server-core-5.1 needs a file
> >> (/usr/bin/mysqld_safe) that is in mysql-server-5.1 so
> >> mysql-server-core-5.1 should depend on mysql-server-5.1 or this file
> >> should be in mysql-server-core-5.1.
> >
> > Please take a look at bug #548419, it explains why we introduced the
> > mysql-server-core-5.1 package, and why it's intended that it doesn't
> > depend on the mysql-server-5.1 package.
> >
> > Just install mysql-server-5.1 (or mysql-server) instead.
> 
> The point is not to merge mysql-server-5.1 and mysql-server-core-5.1, 
> but to solve this real bug. As I understand #548419, there is no need to 
> start a mysql server with mysql-server-core-5.1, so the init script 
> should disappear (or rather go in mysql-server-5.1) and it would solve 
> the problem.

The init script is not part of mysql-server-core-5.1 package:

# dpkg -L mysql-server-core-5.1 | grep init
#

It's in the mysql-server-5.1 package instead:

# dpkg -L mysql-server-5.1 | grep init
/etc/init.d
/etc/init.d/mysql


	Norbert