user release.debian....@packages.debian.org usertag 609537 squeeze-can-defer tag 609537 squeeze-ignore kthxbye
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 14:09:58 +0100, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > Package: mysql-server-5.1 > Version: 5.1.49-3 > Severity: serious > Tags: squeeze > > >From Debian Policy Manual: > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s-writing-init > > "The init.d scripts must ensure that they will behave sensibly (i.e., > returning success and not starting multiple copies of a service) if > invoked with start when the service is already running, or with stop > when it isn't, and that they don't kill unfortunately-named user > processes. The best way to achieve this is usually to use > start-stop-daemon with the --oknodo option." > > It is possible to get into state when there is mysqld_safe process > remained, though main mysqld process is stopped and pid file deleted. In > such cases, /etc/init.d/mysql procedure "mysqld_status check_dead warn" > will return true and script will do nothing, returning with success. But > as cited from policy manual, it should fail, since there are remaining > mysqld processes. > > One way to get into this situation is to start, then stop server from > mysqld-admin, which I intend to report as a separate bug on mysqld-admin. > I'm not sure this part of policy applies when the service was started by a completely separate means which removes pid files without killing processes (I haven't checked what mysqld-admin does). So I don't know if there's a bug here, but in any case it's not a release blocker, tagging accordingly. Cheers, Julien
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