Package: mysql-server-5.5 Version: 5.5.24+dfsg-2 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
Upon upgrading to mysql-server-5.5, I find that /var/run/mysqld has been needlessly renamed to /run/mysqld. Pointless renaming is considered harmful! You forgot to update a few things when you performed this pointless operation. /etc/mysql/debian.cnf continues to reference /var/run/mysqld. The perl DBI package continues to reference /var/run/mysqld. The need to enumerate the innumerable potential dependencies on the mysqld socket location can be ameliorated through the use of symlinks. Add this to the postrm file: ln -s /run/mysqld /var/run/mysqld But in fact, you could have avoided this whole problem in the first place by not pointlessly renaming /var/run to /run. In the future, try not to break things for no reason. We have symlinks for a reason. Any unix admin who needs /var/run to live in a special location can achieve this effect using mount or ln already. There is no need to render every mysql-dependent configuration file suspect to achieve this end. If the person who decided to rename /var/run/mysqld to /run/mysqld should happen to read this thread, I beg you to please consider swearing off future contribution to open source projects. You are simply not cool enough for my club. - Greg -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32.22 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 depends on: ii adduser 3.102 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.40 ii libc6 2.13-10 ii libdbi-perl 1.621-1 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.1-4 ii libstdc++6 4.6.1-4 ii lsb-base 3.2-23 ii mysql-client-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-2 ii mysql-common 5.5.24+dfsg-2 ii mysql-server-core-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-2 ii passwd 1:4.0.18.1-7 ii perl 5.14.2-11 ii psmisc 20.2-2.1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 recommends: ii libhtml-template-perl 2.9-1 ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20020411cvs-1 Versions of packages mysql-server-5.5 suggests: pn tinyca <none> -- debconf information: mysql-server/root_password_again: (password omitted) * mysql-server/root_password: (password omitted) mysql-server-5.5/postrm_remove_databases: false mysql-server/error_setting_password: mysql-server-5.5/nis_warning: mysql-server-5.5/really_downgrade: false mysql-server-5.5/start_on_boot: true mysql-server/password_mismatch: mysql-server/no_upgrade_when_using_ndb: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
