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

[Julien Bernard]

Le 22/04/2010 12:35, Norbert Tretkowski a écrit :
> 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

So the problem comes from the upgrade from the old server to the new 
server/server-core. Aptitude told me that I had some config files left 
from server, so I purged them and all is correct now.

Thanks for your patience.
Julien