I can confirm that this bug *is* a grave issue. I had 3 servers stop MySQL services during an unattended upgrade.
2008-11-22 06:46:03,870 INFO Initial blacklisted packages: 2008-11-22 06:46:03,870 INFO Starting unattended upgrades script 2008-11-22 06:46:03,870 INFO Allowed origins are: ["['Ubuntu', 'hardy-security']"] 2008-11-22 06:46:14,226 WARNING pkg 'mysql-common' has conffile prompt and needs to be upgraded manually 2008-11-22 06:46:15,321 INFO package 'mysql-common' not upgraded 2008-11-22 06:46:16,038 INFO package 'mysql-client-5.0' not upgraded 2008-11-22 06:46:16,752 INFO package 'libmysqlclient15off' not upgraded 2008-11-22 06:46:17,470 INFO package 'mysql-server-5.0' not upgraded 2008-11-22 06:46:18,182 INFO Packages that are upgraded: mysql-server 2008-11-22 06:46:18,182 INFO Writing dpkg log to '/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades-dpkg_2008-11-22_06:46:18.182579.log' 2008-11-22 06:46:22,840 INFO All upgrades installed and the actual dpkg log (Reading database ... 53756 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1 (using .../mysql-server_5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4_all.deb) ... * Stopping MySQL database server mysqld ...done. Unpacking replacement mysql-server ... Setting up mysql-server (5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4) ... Hence, since mysql-server-5.0 is held back due to conffile prompt, it causes MySQL to stop. Very grave indeed. Solutions may include: * Remove the preinst script from "mysql-server" or * Add a postinst script to start mysql in "mysql-server" --lonnie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
