Looks like this was fixed upstream in 5.1.46. The fix, which is rather small, could be backported to lucid, so leaving a task open for that. The patch is here:
http://lists.mysql.com/commits/102752 ** Bug watch added: MySQL Bug System #41057 http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=41057 ** Also affects: mysql-server via http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=41057 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Also affects: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mysql-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server/Client Support Team, which is subscribed to MySQL. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Server/Client Support Team https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/608154 Title: MySQL bug(s) crash akonadiserver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mysql-server/+bug/608154/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~enterprise-support More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

