Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-03-01 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello Sean On 2005-03-01 sean finney wrote: > what i was getting at was that i don't think storing temporary > "server is running" or "server should start" type files in > /etc/mysql is really in the spirit of the fhs. As long as the temporary file does not stay longer as an upgrade I think the FH

Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-03-01 Thread sean finney
hey christian, On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 01:04:34AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > > this seems kind of dodgy, and somewhat stretching what the fhs > > should allow... > > Why do you think? The FHS governs mainly the locations of files as far as > I know and even our Debian policy does not manda

Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-03-01 Thread Christian Hammers
Hello Sean On 2005-03-01 sean finney wrote: > On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:24:28AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > > No, it's mainly created by the last version's prerm script if > > "/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping" > > gives some output which is "mysqld alive

Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-03-01 Thread sean finney
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:24:28AM +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: > No, it's mainly created by the last version's prerm script if > "/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-extra-file=/etc/mysql/debian.cnf ping" > gives some output which is "mysqld alive" if the server is currently > running. this seems k

Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-03-01 Thread Christian Hammers
tags 296403 + needhelp moreinfo unreproducible thanks Hello Sadly, I'm still not able to reproduce the bug :-( On 2005-02-28 sean finney wrote: > On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 08:31:27PM -0500, Joe Drew wrote: > > + '[' -f /etc/mysql/dpkg__mysql_should_be_started ']' > > + exit 0 > > so that file was

Bug#296403: Bug#297198: does not restart after upgrade

2005-02-27 Thread sean finney
hi guys, i looked a little more into this... On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 08:31:27PM -0500, Joe Drew wrote: > + '[' -f /etc/mysql/dpkg__mysql_should_be_started ']' > + exit 0 so that file wasn't there because it's only created by the preinst script during fresh installs. christian: i looked throu