Package: mysql-server Version: 3.23.49-8.8 Severity: important MySQL in woody fails to start:
# /etc/init.d/mysql start Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed. /var/lib/mysql/`hostname`.err says 050114 15:20:18 mysqld started /usr/sbin/mysqld: unrecognized option `--skip-external-locking' /usr/sbin/mysqld Ver 3.23.49 for pc-linux-gnu on i686 [... usage message snipped ...] 050114 15:20:18 mysqld ended I have no idea where --skip-external-locking comes from: # grep -- --skip-external-locking /etc/mysql/* # dpkg -L mysql-server | xargs grep -- --skip-external-locking 2>/dev/null # dpkg -L mysql-common | xargs grep -- --skip-external-locking 2>/dev/null By the way, I see here a /var/log/mysql.log that is an empty file. /var/log/mysql/mysql.err is also an empty file. There are no other mysql log files in /var/log. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (150, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-mg2 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages mysql-server depends on: ii adduser 3.47 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 libmysqlclient10 3.23.49-8.8 mysql database client library ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11woody1 The GNU stdc++ library ii libwrap0 7.6-9 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra ii mysql-client 3.23.49-8.8 mysql database client binaries ii perl 5.8.4-5 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii psmisc 20.2-2.1 Utilities that use the proc filesy ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-3 compression library - runtime -- debconf information: mysql-server/skip_networking: false mysql-server/want_chroot: false * mysql-server/start_on_boot: true * 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]
