[debian-mysql] Bug#609897: mysql-server-core-5.1: "Mysqld failed" message on boot (still there)

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Package: mysql-server-core-5.1
Version: 5.1.49-3
Severity: normal

Apparently the bug I reported in #589513 which was classed fixed by 5.1.49-2 is still there in 5.1.49-3:
i.e. at boot I get a failed message, but after a ps gives a running mysqld.

# cat /var/log/boot|egrep 'failed'
Thu Jan 13 10:22:14 2011: Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ^[[31mfailed!^[[39;49m

# ps -edf|grep mysqld
ductor     2469  2467  0 10:28 ?        00:00:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld (...)

# aptitude show mysql-server-core-5.1
Package: mysql-server-core-5.1           
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 5.1.49-3
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Maintainer: Debian MySQL Maintainers <pkg-mysql-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Uncompressed Size: 11.5 M
Architecture: amd64
Compressed Size: 4,124 k
Filename: pool/main/m/mysql-5.1/mysql-server-core-5.1_5.1.49-3_amd64.deb
MD5sum: 6fccf2a4006894bdb633b091a7a93477
Archive: testing, unstable, now
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: mysql-server-5.0 (< 5.1.45-2), mysql-server-5.1 (< 5.1.45-2)
Provides: mysql-server-core, mysql-server-core-5.0
Description: MySQL database server binaries
 MySQL is a fast, stable and true multi-user, multi-threaded SQL database server. SQL (Structured Query Language) is the most popular
 database query language in the world. The main goals of MySQL are speed, robustness and ease of use. 
 
 This package includes the server binaries but doesn't contain all the infrastructure needed to setup system databases.
Homepage: http://dev.mysql.com/

# aptitude search mysql-server-
c   mysql-server-5.0                                            - MySQL database server binaries                                       
c   mysql-server-5.1                                            - MySQL database server binaries and system database setup             
v   mysql-server-core                                           -                                                                      
v   mysql-server-core-5.0                                       -                                                                      
i A mysql-server-core-5.1                                       - MySQL database server binaries                                       
# 
 

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-core-5.1 depends on:
ii  libc6                   2.11.2-7         Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.4.5-8        GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6              4.4.5-8          The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libwrap0                7.6.q-19         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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