Package: mysql-server-5.1 Version: 5.1.61-0+squeeze1 Severity: normal On our servers, I have added "exit 0" at the top of /etc/mysql/debian-start (we've had trouble with checks running accidentially on our large myisam tables, and apparently that file is ment to be modified if necessary).
The result is that this file does not generate any output to stdout. Now, /etc/init.d/mysql does the following on start (line 119-121): # Now start mysqlcheck or whatever the admin wants. output=$(/etc/mysql/debian-start) [ -n "$output" ] && log_action_msg "$output" Since this is the last (!) statement executed, it has a nasty side effect: The exit code of the test statement becomes the exit code of the whole script! Thus, if /etc/mysql/debian-start does not generate any output, /etc/init.d/mysql start exits with code 1. This is not a problem in normal operation (rebooting the server etc.), but it causes apt to fail whenever it needs to restart mysql due to an upgrade or similar. I think the fix is trivial: Just add "exit 0" after line 121. Thanks. Best regards, David Gubler -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 depends on: ii adduser 3.112+nmu2 add and remove users and groups ii debconf [de 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.11.3-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdbi-perl 1.612-1 Perl Database Interface (DBI) ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-8 GCC support library ii libmysqlcli 5.1.61-0+squeeze1 MySQL database client library ii libstdc++6 4.4.5-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii mysql-clien 5.1.61-0+squeeze1 MySQL database client binaries ii mysql-commo 5.1.61-0+squeeze1 MySQL database common files, e.g. ii mysql-serve 5.1.61-0+squeeze1 MySQL database server binaries ii passwd 1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-2+squeeze1 change and administer password and ii perl 5.10.1-17squeeze3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 22.11-1 utilities that use the proc file s ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 recommends: ii bsd-mailx [mailx] 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 simple mail user agent ii libhtml-template-p 2.9-2 module for using HTML Templates wi ii mailx 1:20071201-3 Transitional package for mailx ren Versions of packages mysql-server-5.1 suggests: pn tinyca <none> (no description available) -- Configuration Files: /etc/mysql/debian-start changed: echo "debian-start: not doing anything" exit 0 source /usr/share/mysql/debian-start.inc.sh MYSQL="/usr/bin/mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf" MYADMIN="/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf" MYUPGRADE="/usr/bin/mysql_upgrade --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf" MYCHECK="/usr/bin/mysqlcheck --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf" MYCHECK_SUBJECT="WARNING: mysqlcheck has found corrupt tables" MYCHECK_PARAMS="--all-databases --fast --silent" MYCHECK_RCPT="root" echo "Checking for corrupt, not cleanly closed and upgrade needing tables." ( upgrade_system_tables_if_necessary; check_root_accounts; check_for_crashed_tables; ) >&2 & exit 0 -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org