Thanks for the trace. This seems to be MySQL bug
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50008.
** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Triaged
** Bug watch added: MySQL Bug System #50008
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=50008
** Also affects: mysql-server via
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OK. It took a while to figure out that I don't get any output from mysql
- no prompt. But it did crash appropriately when I entered the status
command. Debug output attached (IP address and username manually
edited).
** Attachment added: gdb-mysql.txt
