Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 06:42:11AM -0700, Lars Tangvald wrote: > SysV and upstart scripts use mysqladmin (which is in the client) to verify > that the server is running. 5.7 has some inbuilt support for systemd, so for > systemd at least it's not needed. pgrep (or even telnet to port 3306) would

Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 01:09:23PM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:00:32PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > it still seems very surprising to me that a package called > > default-MYSQL-client would force the removal of mysql-client* and > > mysql-server* > > I agree this is

Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Lars Tangvald
- robie.ba...@ubuntu.com wrote: > Hi Craig, > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:01:26PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > it's somewhat surprising that a package called default-mysql-client > should > > force the removal of both mysql-client and mysql-server packages. > > Please could you explain

Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Robie Basak
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:00:32PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > it still seems very surprising to me that a package called > default-MYSQL-client would force the removal of mysql-client* and > mysql-server* I agree this is confusing. Unfortunately we don't have a common name that describes both

Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:54:56AM +0100, Robie Basak wrote: > Hi Craig, Hi > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:01:26PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > it's somewhat surprising that a package called default-mysql-client > > should force the removal of both mysql-client and mysql-server > > packages. >

Bug#842011: [debian-mysql] Bug#842011: default-mysql-client forces removal of mysql-server* and mysql-client*

2016-10-25 Thread Robie Basak
Hi Craig, On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 08:01:26PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > it's somewhat surprising that a package called default-mysql-client should > force the removal of both mysql-client and mysql-server packages. Please could you explain your use case? What are you trying to do at a high