Bug#676539: [debian-mysql] Bug#676539: mysql-server-5.5: migration from /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld incomplete

Greg, As it happens someone else raised the same bug at about the same time. I happened to come across yours first. The issue is fairly obvious if one thinks about it and it should not really have been missed. On 07/06/12 23:22, Greg Alexander wrote: Hi - Thanks for looking into this. T

Bug#676539: [debian-mysql] Bug#676539: mysql-server-5.5: migration from /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld incomplete

Hi - Thanks for looking into this. The mysql script caused the creation of a new /run from scratch without consideration for the old /var/run, which does not honor the contract specified in: http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory There it is specified that /var/run is an alias for /r

Bug#676539: [debian-mysql] Bug#676539: mysql-server-5.5: migration from /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld incomplete

severity 676539 minor tag 676539 +moreinfo thanks Greg, Thanks for pointing out the incompletenesses in our migration. They will be acted on if substantiated. I am downgrading the severity because I could not see any actual evidence that this is causing a problem. On a standard recent Debi