retitile 318435 mysql-server: will not install with datadir as seperate ext3 filesystem tags 318435 sarge sid confirmed thanks
hi christophe,
On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 04:48:12PM +0200, Christophe Nowicki wrote:
> Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
> chgrp: changing group of `/var/lib/mysql/.journal': Operation not
> permitted
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 123
> Stopping MySQL database server: mysqld.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/mysql-server_4.0.24-10_i386.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> I suggest to ignore chgrp retrurn value and continue the
> installation/upgrade process.
looks like this is being done in the preinst script:
find $DATADIR -follow -not -group mysql -print0 \
| xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty chgrp mysql
which could easily be fixed with a "set -e" or an "|| true". problem
is, you won't see this fix coming into sarge for a long time, if ever.
so, looks like we have another bug to leave open for posterity.
however, i think you should be able to work around this with something
similar to the following:
# umount /var/lib/mysql
# mount -t ext2 /var/lib/mysql
# apt-get install mysql-server
# /etc/init.d/mysql-server stop
# umount /var/lib/mysql
# mount /var/lib/mysql
might want to back up your data "just in case" anyway, but i'm pretty
sure it should work.
sean
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