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 kind of dodgy, and somewhat stretching what the fhs
should allow...
> > +if [ "$1" = "install" -o "$1" = "upgrade" ]; then
> No, that would be the same as unconditionally start the
> server at the end of postinst but the intend was to preserve
> the running state before the upgrade or start the server if it is
> a fresh install.
shouldn't invoke-rc.d take care of determining whether or not
to start mysql?
> It would be very helpful to get the output of the *complete* upgrade
> process inclusive the prerm when running with "set -v -x" or with
> "export DEBIAN_SCRIPT_DEBUG=1".
i was going to volunteer myself, but am unable to reproduce it
by upgrading from 4.0 to 4.1.
sean
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