[debian-mysql] Bug#682232: Bug#682232: Failed upgrade of mysql from squeeze to wheezy

[Johannes Ranke]

> Hi Johannes! Thanks for taking the time to reach out. I'm struggling
> to understand what the "bug" is. Config files that have been customized
> have to be manually updated in any major upgrade. I don't think that's
> specific to MySQL.

Hi Clint,

good question. It bugged me, because I did not get any log entries under 
/var/log/mysql*, so I had to start mysqld in a way I usually don't, in order 
to get a diagnostic message about what was going on.

Also, as far as I can remember I never introduced the option skip-bdb 
manually. For me, if a previously valid configuration option makes a service 
fail to start after the upgrade, this is unexpected. But I do not want to 
complain, I added this information to help others to solve the problem!
If the maintainers get something out of it, even better.