Public bug reported: This is a huge problem.
After several iterations of - service mysql {start|stop|restart} - the mysql service becomes broken + unrecoverable. The problem becomes - service mysql stop - hangs forever, upon attempting... exec systemctl stop mysql.service What's required then is one of these... mysqladmin -uroot -p shutdown pkill mysqld Neither of these is acceptable. The biggest problem is this breakage also breaks reboots. The reboot sequence depends on services doing what's expected, so when systemctl stop mysql.service hangs, reboot hangs too. Because of the lunacy of the entire systemctl subsystem, sshd is correctly killed off while msqld hangs. At this point, there's no way to ssh into system + a power recycle must be done to complete a reboot sequence. /bin/systemctl is an executable with no apparent way to debug it's logic. Please update this bug with details about how to debug /bin/systemctl + I'll post output. ** Affects: mysql-dfsg-5.1 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1468804 Title: mysql stop/restart fails + breaking mysql + reboots To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-dfsg-5.1/+bug/1468804/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs