[debian-mysql] Bug#676226: mysql-server-5.5: Don't ask for the server password multiple times

[Matthias Urlichs]

Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.23+dfsg-2
Severity: minor

I don't quite remember how often I just answered the "enter new password"
debconf question (by leaving the "new root password" field empty).
I think it was three or four times.
Anyway, more than once is a bug. The fact that it even asks, when the
existing 5.1 installation has a perfectly serviceable root password,
I'd consider a minor nuisance -- but I'd still want it to Not Do That.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'unstable'), (600, 'stable'), (550, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii  adduser                3.113+nmu2
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.43
ii  libc6                  2.13-32
ii  libdbi-perl            1.620-1
ii  libgcc1                1:4.7.0-8
ii  libstdc++6             4.7.0-8
ii  lsb-base               4.1+Debian4
ii  mysql-client-5.5       5.5.23+dfsg-2
ii  mysql-common           5.5.23+dfsg-2
ii  mysql-server-core-5.5  5.5.23+dfsg-2
ii  passwd                 1:4.1.5-1
ii  perl                   5.14.2-11
ii  psmisc                 22.16-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]      8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
ii  libhtml-template-perl  2.91-1

Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
pn  tinyca  <none>

-- debconf information excluded