Package: mysql-server Version: 4.0.23-1 Followup-For: Bug #287323
I got the same error on this that Erich did, and then when I tried restarting my daemon, I got this error: localhost:~# /etc/init.d/mysql restart Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. Starting MySQL database server: mysqld. /usr/share/mysql/debian-start.inc.sh: 6: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Which explains why the call to mycheck failed. Line 6 has a bashism (I assume). A diff to make this function definition correct for a standard /bin/sh: 6c6 < function mycheck() { --- > mycheck () { tim -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages mysql-server depends on: ii adduser 3.59 Add and remove users and groups ii debconf 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libdbi-perl 1.45-1 The Perl5 Database Interface by Ti ii libmysqlclient12 4.0.23-1 mysql database client library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libwrap0 7.6.dbs-6 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-4 A simple mail user agent ii mysql-client 4.0.23-1 mysql database client binaries ii mysql-common 4.0.23-1 mysql database common files (e.g. ii passwd 1:4.0.3-30.7 Change and administer password and ii perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 21.5-1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime -- debconf information: mysql-server/nis_warning: mysql-server/skip_networking: false mysql-server/really_downgrade_from_41: false mysql-server/mysql_update_hints1: mysql-server/want_chroot: false * mysql-server/start_on_boot: true mysql-server/postrm_remove_databases: false * mysql-server/postrm_remove_database: false mysql-server/fix_privileges_warning: * mysql-server/mysql_install_db_notes: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]