2010/9/1 Aniruddha <mailingdotl...@gmail.com>: > On Tuesday 31 August 2010 20:30:55 Mick wrote: >> > But this is apparently not the proper way, because after >> > restarting the server, apache does not show my web-page >> > reporting there is no such a database. I checked it with >> > phpmyadmin, and really, there is absolutely no database >> > in mysql! >> > >> > I quickly restored backup version which I have done just >> > before trying mysql-update, so my web-site is up and running. >> > Now I would like to update mysql the right way, I but do not >> > know how to do it... >> >> Hi Jarry, >> >> Some years ago I ran into some similar problem, I can't recall exactly >> what. Lost in folklore (wiki?) were some instructions to first stop mysql >> before you update it and I have been following them since. >> >> I stop apach & mysql, run the update, dispatch-conf and then restart them >> both. Haven't had problems since. >> >> There may be a better way for doing this - in which case others who know >> better will hopefully chime in. > > I'm curious as well. Imo it shouldn't be necessary to stop mysql server for > each update.
Actually, this problem may be more sinister ... a bug? I also updated to the latest stable and as soon as I tried to restart apache I got: ========================================= # /etc/init.d/apache2 start * apache2 has detected an error in your setup: apache2: Syntax error on line 155 of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 4 of /etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_php5.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so into server: libmysqlclient.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ========================================= What the ... ? Line 155 of my /etc/apache2/httpd.conf says: Include /etc/apache2/modules.d/*.conf Line 4 of /etc/apache2/modules.d/70_mod_php5.conf, says: LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so Also, I seem to have modules/libphp5.so and is world readable: $ ls -la /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5720576 Aug 13 20:09 /usr/lib/apache2/modules/libphp5.so I am downgrading now before a lynch mob arrives, but has anyone else run into this problem? PS. I'm running www-servers/apache-2.2.16 -- Regards, Mick