On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 01:08:42PM -0000, hehol wrote: > I just tried to install mysql-server-5.0 on a Ubuntu 7.10 server which > accidentally had wrong permissions on the /tmp directory (755, owned by > root:root).
How come did this happen ? > I suppose the problem is in the postinst script, which uses mktemp to > create several temporary SQL scripts in /tmp. The postinst script does > not verify if the temporary files have been created successfully. There > isn't even a warning indicating that something went wrong while > bootstrapping MySQL. Seems reasonable to me. status confirmed importance wishlist -- Mathias Gug Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.0 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Status: New => Confirmed -- installation broken when /tmp has insufficient permissions https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
