Package: mysql-server-5.5
Version: 5.5.30+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
When /etc/mysql/debian-start echoes no text the value of $output
/etc/init.d/mysql:120 is zero-length. This causes [ -n "$output ] to fail and
as we are under set -e we exit the script at that point with a non-zero exit
status.
output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start)
[ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output"
This will cause apt to fail configuration of the package.
I would suggest the following to fix it
[ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output" || true
This is not a problem with the standard /etc/mysql/debian-start as it echoes
copious text but it is not unreasonable to allow a user to silence
/etc/mysql/debian-start.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on:
ii adduser 3.113+nmu3
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-41
ii libc6 2.13-38
ii libdbi-perl 1.622-1
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5
ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5
ii lsb-base 4.1+Debian8
ii mysql-client-5.5 5.5.30+dfsg-1
ii mysql-common 5.5.30+dfsg-1
ii mysql-server-core-5.5 5.5.30+dfsg-1
ii passwd 1:4.1.5.1-1
ii perl 5.14.2-20
ii psmisc 22.19-1+deb7u1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends:
ii heirloom-mailx [mailx] 12.5-2
ii libhtml-template-perl 2.91-1
Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests:
pn tinyca <none>
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/mysql/debian-start changed [not included]
-- debconf information excluded
--- /etc/init.d/mysql.orig 2012-07-17 15:17:33.000000000 +0100
+++ /etc/init.d/mysql 2013-04-10 18:04:05.594603956 +0100
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
log_end_msg 0
# Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants.
output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start)
- [ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output"
+ [ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output" || true
else
log_end_msg 1
log_failure_msg "Please take a look at the syslog"
