Systems which actually need their mysqld will probably notice any failures long before the logrotate script does...
This behviour (i.e. assuming that a server is running, simply because it is installed) seems to be pretty common among Ubuntu scripts. Perhaps re-thinking that assuption in general may be useful. It has caused quite a few upgrade errors here. -- MySQL logrotate script returns with error when server isn't running https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to mysql-dfsg-5.1 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs