Package: mysql-server-5.0 Version: 5.0.51a-21 Installing/upgrading the package follows this steps:
1) preinst will stop the server 2) upgrade takes place 3) postinst will start the server unfortunatly, in a more complex environment where one does not rely on /etc/mysql/* for configuration (e.g. in an linux-ha/pacemaker environment), the start is likely to fail thus leaving the package - and thus the whole package system - in the "Failed-cfg"-state: > Setting up mysql-client-5.0 (5.0.51a-19~bpo40+1) ... > Setting up mysql-server-5.0 (5.0.51a-19~bpo40+1) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mysql-ndb-mgm ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mysql-ndb ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/mysql ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/logrotate.d/mysql-server ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/mysql/debian-start ... > Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld. > Starting MySQL database server: mysqld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . failed! > invoke-rc.d: initscript mysql, action "start" failed. > dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.0 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > mysql-server-5.0 > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > # dpkg -l mysql-server-5.0 > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version > +++-===================-====================-================================ > iF mysql-server-5.0 5.0.51a-19~bpo40+1 MySQL database server binaries Now, we're unable to install/upgrade any other package properly, as postinst will *always* try to start the server. The only workaround i found until now is using "chmod -x /etc/init.d/mysql". Is it possible to make the mysqld start optional - e.g. preinst checks if mysqld is/was running and "tell" postinst what to (not) start? Or maybe it is possilbe to continue even if the mysqld start fails? cheers, raoul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
