[debian-mysql] Bug#708049: mysql doesn't like old tables

[spikethehobbitmage.excite]

It seems I did have some old mysql files floating around from several years ago.  Moving them out of the way and reconfiguring produced this:

Setting up mysql-server-5.5 (5.5.31+dfsg-1) ...                                 
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.                                  
130621  1:54:08 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.                          
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.7
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: Using Linux native AIO
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
130621  1:54:08 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
130621  1:54:09 InnoDB: highest supported file format is Barracuda.
130621  1:54:09  InnoDB: Waiting for the background threads to start
130621  1:54:10 InnoDB: 5.5.31 started; log sequence number 1595675
130621  1:54:10  InnoDB: Starting shutdown...
130621  1:54:11  InnoDB: Shutdown completed; log sequence number 1595675
[ ok ] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld ..
[info] Checking for tables which need an upgrade, are corrupt or were 
not closed cleanly..
Setting up mysql-server (5.5.31+dfsg-1) ...


# /etc/inid.d stop
[ ok ] Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.

# /etc/inid.d start
[ ok ] Starting MySQL database server: mysqld ..
[info] Checking for tables which need an upgrade, are corrupt or were 
not closed cleanly..

Some of those old tables date back to 2005.  I even see a debian-4.1.flag file, and that isn't the oldest.  The newest files date to 2010.